Swordsman II (1992)

2012-01-07

The romantic relationship between Jet Li's lead character and that of the lead villain (he didn't suspect anything about his/her villainy/sexuality) is both the most important and my favorite in the movie. This lead character is surrounded by at least two other lovely women (me want them), both of whom appear to have the hearts for him, but he doesn't once make a move on them.

It's a very low budget movie, but the martial arts choreography is impressive. The direction is a little unfocused, and the humor does get in the way of that focus... the balance between comedy and drama isn't quite right, as is so common with old Jet Li movies.