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Butterfly And Sword is a real beautiful and completely insane action packed martial arts/fantasy saga with an excellent cast that has Tony Leung, Michelle Yeoh, Joey Wang, Donnie Yen and Elvis Tsui. There are love triangles, eunuchs and vicious fighting among warring clans.
Jan 16, 1993 · Butterfly and Sword: Directed by Michael Mak. With Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Michelle Yeoh, Joey Wang, Elvis Tsui. Dynamo Michelle Yeoh stars as a loyalist who attempts to keep the King's empire from being overthrown by a revolutionary group.
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- Action, Adventure, Fantasy
- Michael Mak
- 1993-01-16
Apr 8, 2020 · Butterfly and Sword | VERN'S REVIEWS on the FILMS of CINEMA. BUTTERFLY AND SWORD is from 1993, so it’s after Michelle Yeoh had already done YES, MADAM! and even SUPERCOP, but it’s her first straight up wuxia movie.
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Tony Leung Ka-fai plays “Meng Sing Wan”, an assassin for hire and the object of Butterfly’s affection. Tony Leung is an actor and singer who rose to prominence in John Woo’s “Hard Boiled”, starring opposite Chow Yun-fat. He has had notable roles in “A Better Tomorrow III”, “She Shoots Straight”, “To Catch a Thief”, “Ashes of Time”, “Election” and r...
Out of respect for her father, who was once a renowned martial artist, Butterfly has renounced the martial arts world. She is deeply in love with Meng Sing Wan, a fisherman and poet. From time to time, Sing tells her he has to go away on business to earn money, but he is in fact killer-for-hire. Sing is a member of the Happy Forest, a group of assa...
“Butterfly and Sword” is an insane, mixed up film, featuring insane, mixed up action. The majority of the choreography is from the world of fantasy, with lots of wire work and flying about. Much of it is quite bloody and violent too. The first action scene quickly sets the tone. Ming Sing Wan drops out of a tree into a longbow, and fires himself li...
This film is bizarre! I think the theme is that you cannot suppress an emotion such as love, even if you are a hero assassin! The storytelling, editing and direction are all over the place. The camera angles are nearly all low and pointing upwards, with a mix of crossfades and rapid cuts during most of the action sequences. Having said that, there ...
Although Michelle Yeoh is dubbed by other actresses in the Cantonese and Mandarin soundtracks of the film, she sings the theme song heard during the end credits of both versions.
Butterfly and Sword 1993 1h 40m Action List Reviews 50% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings A woman leads a group of martial artists to destroy her rival and tries to win the love of a man...
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- Michael Mak, Chi Li Tang
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Review by Simon Lang ★★★ With a running time of less than 80 minutes, the characters and their motivations are never fleshed out enough to enliven the story or give the action some substance. However, the set pieces by action director Ching Siu-Tung (A CHINESE GHOST STORY trilogy) are outrageously bonkers, even for Hong Kong wuxia fantasy ...
Nov 13, 2020 · With a dark tone, ample gore and some nifty guerrilla style shooting, ‘Butterfly and Sword’ is a little edgier than some of its ilk and if one gets past the dreary melodrama and flummoxing plot, there’s a lot to enjoy.
