House of Flying Daggers

Gorgeous, but also very violent.

Wonderfully conveys how the act of loving another can be a game, a sacrifice, a ruse, a weapon, a betrayal, and, most of all, a political act.

About as viscerally and visually exciting as film can get, and yet it is also fully, ripely romantic in a way that few modern films would dare.

As stunning as it is, it also serves notice that House of Flying Daggers will have none of the complexities of Hero.

Zhang proves that Hero was no accident with House of Flying Daggers, another Chinese period piece resplendent with a dazzling palette and soaring, ambitious fight sequences.

What we have here is a different beast from “Hero”&#59; a film that delights in giving us spectacular violent encounters, yes, but that also decides to develop a romance that we all know has no way of ending well. [Full review in Spanish].

... it is the lush photography, magical martial arts choreography, and high-flying battle ballets that make the film so stunning.

It reminded me of a Chinese version of Twilight to be honest with this horrible love triangle

None of Daggers' ménage á trios of characters is developed... It denies the drama audience sympathy.