Redwarmin This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

Pluskylang Great Film overall

Numerootno A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

sonnygoten ... because the story is very bad. I mean, it starts out fine, but the characters are basically every other wuxia movie cliché, and then at the end the story devolves altogether into one hot mess and badly done CGI soup. Accusations of plagiarism aside, this movie is just not good at all.

vnottsnguyen At first, this film is not well-acted without any painstaking effort from the producer or the director (Victor Vu). In this film, for his sake, Nguyen Vu decided to move out where he was brought up and came to the town to find out the truth. However, when the secrets were clarified, he easily refused to revenge who dared to kill all of his family. It was so ridiculous and rigid. this context should be somehow ambivalent which will either deliver a painful bane to innocent people or bring a elated boon when finally killing "demons". Moreover, film background was not definitely impressive. Not like a Chinese drama, a city would be crowded of people and shops, but in this film, it is poorly not. But it is just one of the vanguards in making history film in Vietnam, it should not be discouraged.

aphrodisiaciix If story telling is an important element for movies such as this one, then the script writer and the director have failed miserably in this category. The lack of continuity and characters development made the film unbearable at some points and extremely boring at others. The acting is adequate but not believable at various crucial scenes. The camera techniques/angles are above average. The costumes are much better than other Vietnamese movies of the same genre. The fighting sequences meet international standard, but sadly, without any originality. Every martial arts moves and every use of weapons (from swords to sabers, from staffs to spears, from bows and arrows to daggers… ) can be seen taken from or modeled after other famous Chinese martial arts movies such as Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Curse of the Golden Lotus, Hero, House of Flying Dagger, etc… especially, in the use of wire work (or "wire fu" as it is known) and several grand scale scenes. In fact, action coordinator Johnny Tri Nguyen can be mistakenly identified as either a student or a prodigy of the famous action coordinator/director/actor Woo-ping Yuen, Tsu Hark, or Jet Li. On the same track, even with the best categories for the movie are art direction and cinematography also somehow can be seen as a copy of those Chinese movies mentioned above. This movie is more of a Chinese movie than a Vietnamese one. Another irritation factor is the unnatural voices of the actors and actresses with awkward talking scenes which can cause the audience to cringe at most conversations in the movie. This is a critical weak link in every Vietnamese movie. Vietnamese people don't talk like that in real life, why do they talk like that in movies is unthinkable. Is it because the Vietnamese so used to watching Vietnamese dubbed Chinese movies with that kind of annoying and clumsy voice over that it's become a norm to them? After all, this movie is like a book with its beautiful cover, print works, but its content is filled with terrible writing and clichés; pleasing to the eyes but not much for the mind. Epic?… it certainly is not!… But, it's a watchable movie for a lazy day with nothing better to do.

Minh Nguyet Nguyen The plot of "Thien Menh Anh Hung" is pretty much banal. I feel like each moment of the film reminds me of something I've seen in the past. Nothing new. Nothing exciting. What bothers me the most is that the film adopts too many features of Chinese martial arts movies, to such an extent that it really becomes a cliché. Victor Vu definitely didn't spend enough time and effort on developing a unique style and plot for his blockbuster.The beautiful cinematography somehow makes up for the film's lack of originality. It does a great job of portraying beautiful scenery in Vietnam, and adds a great deal to the success of the film.