Comments on: First look at wuxia western ‘The Warrior’s Way’

By: danmye

danmye — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:02:13 +0000

Martial Arts films, in their quest for international acceptance, are starting to become a cultural indistinguishible blob of nothingness. What made Kung Fu films special were their representation of the Chinese variant of Asian culture, full of folkways, etc. The culture gives heart and meaning to a film, a genre. Without the cultural spirit, this “genre” is becoming flat and tasteless. What a shame. We will soon severely regret the loss of the works of auteurs like Lau Sifu. Jackie Chan has long since, unfortunately, abandoned the folkways fueled genre that gave him his action Kung Fu film birth. We no longer have KungFu films, just action pieces…(sigh) What a shame.

By: Darrin Kemp

Darrin Kemp — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:30:45 +0000

This may be a case where we will have to root for the bootleggers. It galls me that this thing that looks like a well thought out fantasy sword epic dosn’t have a distributor but we get garbage like Dragonball,Chun li and junk like that.

By: Mark Pollard

Mark Pollard — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:50:11 +0000

@Rhythm-X – Agreed. I wouldn’t put much stock in specific U.S. release plans at this point. The film was originally supposed to be released late last year and nothing came of that. I’d read that film investors are pushing for a U.S. premiere but they need a distributor for that to happen.

By: Rhythm-X

Rhythm-X — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:51:26 +0000

RUtube. Awesome.

Wow, that looks worlds better than what I expected. Premiering in the US in August? I call wishful thinking on that seeing as how there’s no US distributor (yet), and will believe it when I see it. Remember that awesome release that THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE WEIRD got in the US? It sure was sweet seeing that on the big scre- oh, wait.

Directed by Sngmoo Lee.

By: Bogodile

Bogodile — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:59:46 +0000

WOW!!! when is this movie coming(world wide)????
Instead of waiting for Matrix 4, I’ll enjoy this movie rather… this looks GREAT

By: Arthur

Arthur — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:42:50 +0000

A baby? Lone wolf and cub inspired?

By: jiujitsu77

jiujitsu77 — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:41:46 +0000

wow this looks great! for once im actually looking forward to a cgi wuxia….and set in the west….hell yeah!

anyone notice that the western has made a small comeback? and i always dig the crossover of the two. even the ones that are not that good (ie john liu’s dragon’s blood) are still pretty decent

By: justin quizon

justin quizon — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:53:36 +0000

Holy…where did this movie come frome! Impressive as hell

By: Wolf

Wolf — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:39:43 +0000

Cowboys vs Swordsman? I’m sold!

By: Marc

Marc — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:09:38 +0000

SICK!!!!! Cant wait for that!