Product Details

• Actors: Xin Xin Xiong, Moses Chan, Man Cheuk Chiu, Valerie Chow, Collin Chou
• Directors: Hark Tsui
• Writers: Hark Tsui, Koan Hui
• Producers: Hark Tsui, Raymond Chow
• Format: PAL
• Language: Japanese (Stereo)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 2 (Read more about DVD formats.)
• Number of discs: 1
• Run Time: 101 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00004SPG2
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #401,461 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Blade [Region 2]" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's the Hong Kong movie not the Wesley Snipes one!, August 1, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Blade [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Just to set the record straight. Some reviewers confused this movie with the Hollywood movie "Blade." This is one of Tsui Hark's masterpieces. An extremely brutal yet beautiful film. It resembles Wong Kar-Wai's "Ashes of Time" in style. But Tsui eschewes all the sentimentality (not that it's a bad thing)of the latter. The plot summary would not do much good here. The movie is not about the story, but how the story is presented. If you want an "action" movie that will make you think, try this one.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Drama, May 2, 2000

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BJ (california) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Blade [VHS] (VHS Tape)

When I bought this movie I thought that I was about to behold one of the best fighting movies ever from all the rave reviews that I have read.But instead I got a very Dramatic intellectually challenging story line with complex subtitles that sometimes resemble a good novel.But as for fights this movie didn't pack much punch until the end although this movie does contain some very inventive and well coordinated fight scenes by no means should this movie be rated along those merits but rather for being a very well filmed,superbly acted,dramatic piece of HK cinema.Buy it for the story,very enjoyable,4 stars

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE BLADE, April 18, 2000

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[e-mail] (England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Blade [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The Blade is a classic Hong Kong movie. It's full of the ingredients that make Hong Kong action movies so cool - excellent martial arts, fantastic swordplay and an underlying theme of friendship and honour. If i have any criticism to make about the movie it's because sometimes it's just that little bit too hyper-kinetic. But who cares when the action this eye-bleedingly good. Now if only Tsui Hark would stop using Van Damme in his Hollywood movies and get Mark Dacascos or Jet Li instead.