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    “Dragon Blade (2015)” movie review.

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    / January 22, 2016
    When I heard that Jackie Chan and John Cusack were co-starring in a movie together, my immediate response was "Huh?". When I subsequently discovered that their odd collaboration would be in a Roman Legion epic, my immediate response was "HUH!?!".
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    “14 Blades (2010)” movie review.

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    / February 11, 2015
    "14 Blades" boasts an awesome Donnie Yen, a lively visual style and entertaining action sequences, but it's really awkwardly paced thanks to the bloated narrative. Too much wasted screen-time is dedicated to stuff that doesn't really matter.
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    “Seven Swords (2005)” movie review.

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    / July 28, 2014
    Personally, I felt "Seven Swords" came from Tsui Hark's bowels rather than his brain and I have no idea what the appeal is supposed to be. Yes, it's passable- and sometimes even exceptional- on a technical level but it suffers from every problem which usually accompanies films that were intended to be four hours long.
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    “47 Ronin (2013)” movie review.

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    / December 28, 2013
    "47 Ronin" sounds like it would be quite the lark, either as something ludicrously epic or ridiculously stupid, but entertaining all the same. Yet I can't say I ever really enjoyed myself during my viewing. The film isn't especially terrible, it's just kind of subpar and dull. At times, I WISHED it would become atrocious simply so I could feel SOMETHING as I endured it. But a las, I was overcome by its blandness.
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    “War of the Arrows (2011)” movie review.

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    / August 18, 2013
    “War of the Arrows” can be argued as a South Korean interpretation of “Apocalypto”, although it lacks the artistic touches and expands upon the set-up. I don’t believe it will be remembered as a highlight of Korean film-making, but it is thoroughly enjoyable.
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    “Shaolin (2011)” movie review.

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    / April 21, 2013
    "Shaolin" attempted to distract me from its familiarity by waving symbolic imagery in front of my face and saying a bunch of philosophical words, without ever engaging me in an actual conversation. The critic in me wishes to take its symbolism, shape it into a phallic object and shove it up the directors ass. Yet I can't bring myself to do that. While I think it failed in its attempts to be great, at least it provided a lot of action.
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