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List Price: $19.95Amazon.com's Price: $14.99 You Save: $4.96 (25%)Prices subject to change.
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Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: WELLSPRING/GENIUS
EAN: 0796019809917
Format: Color, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Dragon Dynasty
Manufacturer: Dragon Dynasty
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Dragon Dynasty
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 26, 2008
Running Time: 131 minutes
Sales Rank: 14177
Studio: Dragon Dynasty
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
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Editorial Review:
Description:
(Action) A cross between Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Tarantino’s Kill Bill, scheming royals and other officials attempt to consolidate power in a empire in chaos. Packed with deadly plots, sweeping camerawork, and elaborate fight choreography.
Amazon.com:
Tackling William Shakespeare's Hamlet, director Xiaogang Feng presents a unique take on the bard's famous play with the action drama Legend of the Black Scorpion, which is beautifully filmed and well acted. Ziyi Zhang stars as Empress Wan, a conniving woman whose beauty is equaled by her taste for power. She lustfully longs for her stepson Wu Lan (Daniel Wu). But when the Emperor dies, it is Wu Lan's younger brother who ascends to the throne, setting off a chain of events that are tragic. Though the story is familiar, the presentation is anything but; just as Hamlet captivated readers with its tale of lust, greed, and betrayal, Legend of the Black Scorpion draws viewers in with a story that is both fascinating and repulsive, but shot so beautifully that the eyes are drawn to the screen. Legendary fight choreographer Woo-ping Yuen (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, the Matrix trilogy) orchestrates some beautifully fierce aerial battles that while no longer novel are still thrilling to watch. We are used to seeing Zhang in the wide-eyed ingénue roles. As the cold-hearted matriarch, she more than proves her abilities as an actress who is ready to move onto meatier roles that aren't driven by her beauty. --Jae-Ha Kim
Average Rating: 
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I like this movie. I just purchased it last night and I watched immediately. I loved the beauty and the way it was shot. I am a huge fan of Wuxia and this is going to my collection. The only big issue i had with this film was that the movie seemed so drawn out.
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This movie will be highly satisfactory if you appreciate ornate court costumes. Not my cup of tea. The film demands attention, but it is just too slow and stilted. The narrow range of emotions displayed doesn't involve us. The thousands of waiting minions thing was interesting, the first time. The fight scenes seem added on to try to inject some life into this sloth. A fight scene must be filmed and especially edited correctly or it will present as a bunch of unrelated blurs of action, uninvolving ... Read More
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THE STORY IS REALLY LAME, THE FIGHT SCENES ARE NOT THAT GREAT, BUT THE COLORS, THE PICTURE AND VISUALS ARE REALLY GREAT, SO IT ONLY GETS 2 STARS!!!
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Feng Xiaogang's The Banquet aka The Legend of the Black Scorpion certainly lives up to its reputation as one of the most beautiful looking films ever made. A spectacular Chinese adaptation of Hamlet filmed on an epic scale with no expense spared and with all the action scenes that Shakespeare forgot to write, it's clearly aiming to be another Hero, with nods to Akira Kurosawa's Japanese samurai Shakespeare films along the way. Although it never quite hits the same highs, it works surprisingly well, ... Read More
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Well, I seem to have developed a taste for Asian "art house" type movies, especially martial arts epics with great choreographed fight sequences, vivid colors, interesting storylines.
I've previously seen and enjoyed such fare as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Curse of the Golden Flower, The Forbidden Kingdom, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Iron Monkey. Each of them has its strengths and weaknesses.
Getting back to Legend of the Black Scorpion, from my understanding, it's ... Read More
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