Title: A period picture that looks like it was made in the fifties
Review: Don't buy this because you like Willem Dafoe, or because you loved Crouching Tiger. I couldn't believe how blatantly they exploited Dafoe's famous scene from Platoon, or how cartoon-exaggerated the characters were. The acting is inexcusably awful. It all sounded like a parody of a dubbed Asian film. Believe me, I've enjoyed some great Chinese movies, but this tries so hard to be Hollywood... it's 50's Hollywood, especially the music which telegraphs emotions like the pianist at a silent flick.
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