The Lost Bladesman

2011

1h 47m

Action

Biography

Drama

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57%

7 Reviews

Tomatometer

36%

500+ Ratings

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By kidnapping their women, a tyrant forces the greatest warrior in the world to fight his closest friend.

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David Stratton

At the Movies (Australia)

After a while it all becomes a bit predictable, especially as the political motivations are, to the uninitiated, more than slightly opaque.

Rated: 3.5/5

Apr 27, 2011

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Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

Problems of scale limit the film's clarity and its emotional power.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 27, 2011

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Simon Weaving

Screenwize

An epic historical martial arts film with thin characters, a tepid love story and some excellent fight sequences with the long-handled crescent-moon blade.

Rated: 3/5

May 5, 2011

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Margaret Pomeranz

At the Movies (Australia)

There's something really robust about actually seeing a fight rather than the cutaways and the illusion of a fight rather than a real fight.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 28, 2011

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Peter Galvin

sbs.com.au

The Lost Bladesman starts off big and rather cool and ends up an intimate epic hot and heavy with spent passions and an aura of sadness that's unexpectedly moving.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 28, 2011

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Jarrod Walker

FILMINK (Australia)

While the action is impressive, the human drama and characterisation of the potentially fascinating warrior General Guan Yu is sadly one-dimensional.

Apr 27, 2011

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StephenPaul C

The greatest 01 hour: and 47 minutes ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/05/23

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Liam D

A interesting piece of history This drama is a good movie and one of Donnie Yen's underrated movies in his filmography

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/12/22

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Audience Member

The fight sequences are very good. And, as long as you have the ability to fast forward, the movie is watchable. Unless you have some knowledge of Chinese history, r have seen other historical epics, the plot makes very little sense. Even with such knowledge, they plot only loosely follows relevant historical people and events, and edits it together in a very disorienting and jumbled manner.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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Audience Member

I really like Donnie Yen, but this was a really bad movie. Having said that, I thought the Cao Cao character was interesting. Sadly, this is one of those horrible "martial arts" movies where the hero fends off half the known universe, then the other half, and then an extra half---all while he has been poisoned. It's just so absurd that it transcends symbolism into total ridiculousness. Wave upon wave upon wave---every able bodied young man in China---attack this guy. They can't even shoot him, at a distance, with arrows flying right and left. It's just boring. Get a life, Donnie.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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Audience Member

Apart from action sequences scene after scene, it's all dull, not to start with its re-defining certain intrinsical images of historical figures- Cao Cao, the most.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Audience Member

I do wish the story itself is better

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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Felix Chong

Director

Alan Mak

Director

Chen Hong

Liu Bei's wife

Chin Siu Ho

Yan Liang

Yong Dong

Xuyou

Alex Fong Chung-Sun

Liu Bei

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Synopsis

By kidnapping their women, a tyrant forces the greatest warrior in the world to fight his closest friend.

Director: Felix Chong, Alan Mak
Screenwriter: Felix Chong, Alan Mak
Production Co: Dong Yang Teng Yuan Film & Media Advertisement, Shao Xing Sheng Xia Film & TV Cultural Investment, Star Union Skykee Film Investment Co, Anhui Media Industry Group, Pop Movies, Shanghai Film Group, Shenzhen Zhi Shang Film & TV Investment
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama
Original Language: Chinese
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 1, 2016
Runtime: 1h 47m

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