princessblade (19k image)The Princess Blade (3.2 of 5)-DVD
While VERSUS was a Cult hit…this film was more of a mainstream hit in Asia. Donnie Yen went back to HK to do the fight scenes for the film and the quality of the fight scenes is very good: quick and very clean. Slow motion spinning to avoid bullets and deep body cuts make the fights a cut above (he he). The story follows a gang comprised of decedents of a fallen emperors honor guard. Now they are unstoppable ‘swords for hire’ killing machines. But one of the warriors is the daughter of one of the slain pure bloods of the gang. She is coming of age, and the current gang leaders don-t want to lose power and call for her execution. Sounds cool huh?….well that part is…but when she escapes, she befriends a gas station attendant and his mute sister. And the siblings tragic death in the third act ends the film….umm…where is the revenge part???
It felt just like-Pay it forward” when the wonderful and sweet film took a horrible turn in the last 5 minutes to destroy the entire film. Good news is: there is a sequel to Princess Blade (although I hear not as good), so maybe they wont kill Hooch at the end of this one.

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