God of War

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Kylo M Jan 12, 2019 Amazing Chinese story and choreography

Anakin R Nov 22, 2018 The whole movie u can watch using boxxy software and for free in many audio languages

Kylo M Oct 9, 2018 Pretty slow, generic and meandering, could have been much tighter and punchier.

Han S Aug 6, 2018 A solid four stars from me. Good action scenes, some frustrating tropes though. Such as the young hothead and the young scrappy kid who's unaware of the dangers of war. However, we don't see many epic war films from China on Netflix and it was a real delight seeing one with English subtitles. Unlike most films that come out of communist China, the Chinese here are not invincible and the Japanese are not evil caricatures. The fight scenes are well choreographed and the battle sequences are large and fantastic. However, some small immersion breaking issues are the bad CG, but luckily these are few and far between, with the large majority of action using practical effects and massive numbers of extras. Finally, the actual ending makes no sense. It simply is a still shot of the wife walking out of the doorway, why? In fact, why was she even a character? The film works great as a rivalry between Qi, and the village leader against the Silver Fox and the young lord. The wife just gets in the way and acts like a spoilt child. She contributes nothing to the plot and is just a nuisance. Yes, I understand that she's supposed to be annoying, however, there's nothing redeeming about her. She doesn't drive the plot at all, she doesn't grow, she's from what I can see at least, which granted can be rather limited, a completely useless individual who just annoys us. We could've used the screen time spent on her instead on dialogue between other characters, maybe hear more about the world, such as the history of the era, why they were raiding, maybe even more about the soldier's daily lives, or perhaps build on the relationship between the Ronin leader and the young lord, or the village leader with HIS wife, who actually has a personality beyond constantly offended or incredibly immature. However, in conclusion, if you just skip the scenes involving General Qi's wife (which on second thought serves to... uh make him look like a good person because he DIDN'T decide to "subjugate" her? I mean yes, progressive for 500 years ago, but that's a bit of a low bar and it doesn't really show growth, besides he could've easily had a small scene giving out supplies to refugees or even just rescuing the captives. Point stands, she's terrible) it is a fun and epic romp through Ming China with lots of Samurai thrown in with an admirable amount of restraint coming from the Chinese government. See more

Hagrid S Apr 8, 2018 Watched Mar 29, 2018 Matt Kerr's review published on Letterboxd : This film more than makes up for some slightly-boring melodrama in the middle by having some of the best battle scenes and action sequences I have seen in a long time, particularly towards the last hour or so of the film. There is a lot to praise here, including some pretty memorable performances from many of the lead cast, and I'm a total sucker for battle scenes that put an emphasis on strategy and tactics. If what I have said sounds up your street you should check this one out! See more

George S Mar 20, 2018 These films tend to be either very good or on par and this one is very much on par. The action scenes are great and that climatic face off is epic, but the silly acting moments are annoying. The film just needed to be played straight and avoid these moments, these films don't need the comic relief. I wanted to really enjoy this film but the direction of the actors failed and the only true character is the villain and the hero, the rest are relegated to nothing. This film could have been a genuine classic but fails the basic character moments, hopefully the filmmaker learns from this mistake. 19-03-2018. See more

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