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      Swordsman III: East Is Red

      Released Aug 18, 1993 1h 35m Action List
      Reviews 47% Audience Score 500+ Ratings A resurrected warrior (Brigitte Lin) battles ninjas, the Spanish navy, impostors and a former lover (Joey Wong) for a supernatural scroll. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Director of "A Chinese Ghost Story" takes on the last in the trilogy. Things get interesting when the Spanish and Japanese show up with warships. Kudos for portraying a lesbian relationship. Explosions, needle and thread technique, early 90's wuxia. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Not as good as the first and second, but still effervescently executed. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Not as great as the others, though I can watch Brigitte Lin in anything. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member The premise for the sequel is original, bringing at the centre of the plot Brigitte Lin seducing villain, Asia: everyone wants to be him/her, for lust, power or (misguided?) ideals. The wonderful extravaganza is still there, the gender and role play too, but it's somewhat confused, and the eerie, somber mood of certain passages made me uneasy. Both a success and a missed hit, at the same time. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member They should continue Ling's journey and fight with the final villain,which is Ying's father,so that Ying and Ling can have their happy ending just like in the novel instead of resurrect Asia and making their own story.It actually has a good start but let down rapidly at the middle parts.The actions are too Dragonball style and not much sword fights like the previous two chapters.Brigitte Lin still play the Master Asia brilliantly,anyway. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member A messy and rather clumsy final entry in the Swordsman trilogy. The story continues, but the villain from the previous film. Officer Koo believes Asia the Invincible to be alive, and he does indeed turn out to be. Asian begins a campaign to clear his name and kill all imposters, but finds himself at a crossroads when a former lover is an impostor and Asia does not know what he wants in life. The character development is very little, as we discover that Brigitte Lin only gets a little bit of screen time. The rest is given to Snow, the person taking up the mantle while she is gone. The romantic and bizarre love story from the second film is no longer here, making the movie a bit hollow. It has plenty of action, cannons, and naval ship battles, so it's never boring. Without the emotional core of the characters present, the movie is vapid and uninteresting. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis A resurrected warrior (Brigitte Lin) battles ninjas, the Spanish navy, impostors and a former lover (Joey Wong) for a supernatural scroll.
      Director
      Tony Ching Siu Tung, Raymond Lee
      Screenwriter
      Louis Cha, Hanson Chan, Pik-yin Tang, Hark Tsui
      Distributor
      Rim
      Production Co
      Long Shong Pictures, Golden Harvest, Film Workshop Ltd., Golden Princess Film Production Limited
      Genre
      Action
      Original Language
      Chinese
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Aug 18, 1993, Original
      Release Date (DVD)
      Jun 10, 2003
      Runtime
      1h 35m