Seven Swords

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Seven Swords

2005

2h 31m

Action

Adventure

History

Drama

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Seven exceptional swordsmen band together to save villagers from bounty hunters.

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Anthony Quinn

Independent (UK)

Rated: 2/5

Mar 29, 2011

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Peter Howell

Toronto Star

Tsui is capable of better than this.

Rated: 2/4

Mar 2, 2007

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Liam Lacey

Globe and Mail

The problem is that Seven Swords' narrative is so cluttered with briefly sketched characters and subplots as to be almost impossible to follow.

Rated: 2/4

Mar 2, 2007

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Jason Gorber

Film Scouts

It's pretty enough to keep you at least mildly concerned about where things are headed.

Rated: C+

Jun 21, 2007

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Anton Bitel

Film4

these Seven Swords do not so much pierce as bore.

Jun 15, 2007

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Jim Slotek

Jam! Movies

[The film] leaves itself open in the end for sequelization, which would be a good thing. There's enough worth appreciating in Seven Swords to think that a second try could easily find its comfort zone.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 2, 2007

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alex r

Subpar fight choreography , nonexistent plot and character development

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Liam D

A Wuxia version of Seven Samurai but it's been there done that

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

09/08/22

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Audience Member

A tried-and-tested setup where powerful villains face resistance from a heroic few. And it delivers with the necessary triumphs while keeping the evil menacing enough.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Audience Member

Plot is pretty dumb fight scenes are ok

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

11/03/19

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Audience Member

Very poorly paced film and many plot holes even in the director's cut.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Audience Member

I'm a great fan of Tsui Hark. His movies are stylish ripping yarns. A mystical Chinese Seven Samurai.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Synopsis

Seven exceptional swordsmen band together to save villagers from bounty hunters.

Director: Hark Tsui
Producer: Lee Juik, Hark Tsui, Pan Zhizhong, Zhong-Jun Ma
Screenwriter: Chi-Sing Cheung, Tin Nam Chun, Hark Tsui
Production Co: Boram Entertainment
Genre: Action, Adventure, History, Drama
Original Language: Chinese
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 25, 2017
Runtime: 2h 31m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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