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Swordsman II (1991)

Director: Ching Siu-Tung

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From Time Out Film Guide

A further collaboration between the director of A Chinese Ghost Story and producer Tsui Hark, Swordsman II resembles a super-hero comic book brought to life. Set in a mythical past at a time of internecine power struggles within competing clans and sects, the film finds Ling and his siblings taking a stand against the ruthless ‘Master Asia’, who has sacrificed his manhood to attain magical powers, and who anonymously flirts with Ling as a woman. A playful attitude to sexuality permeates the movie; more to the point, however, are countless spectacularly realised supernatural confrontations which would have Albert Einstein’s head spinning. Camp it may be, and messy, but mundane it ain’t.

Author: TCh

Time Out Film Guide

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Cast & crew

Director: Ching Siu-Tung

Producer: Tsui Hark

Cast: Jet Li, Lin Ching Hsia, Rosamund Kwan, Fannie Yuen, Michelle Li full cast

Duration: 111 mins


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