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Title: Surprisingly awful
Review: As a fan of HK and mainland Chinese film, both serious and otherwise, I was really looking forward to this movie. Unfortunately, it's really quite bad. Overacted at every turn, with a truly horrible synth soundtrack, it feels like someone tried to make a "C" movie better by spending a ton of money on the production. It has all the class of "The Scorpion King" or the like -- shrieking cackles from the villains, soap-opera drama from the heroes, and an uneven, sloppy script. The fight scenes are good, but they're overwhelmed by the melodramatic direction, as are the actors. This could have been so much better, but it's really not worth the time out of your life to watch it.
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