Sleepflower87 I think this movie is receiving unnecessary criticism due to people watching a poorly dubbed version of it - Don't be lazy - watch the original language with the English subtitles - You cannot get a full grasp of they story line or the actors abilities if you are not listening to their voices/emotions. I think this is a brilliant comic book movie - it is not meant to be realistic, but over-the-top fantasy - and that's why I love it. The fight scenes are intense and visually stunning, the colouring and design of the film is beautiful, and I think it is one of Donnie Yen's best performances in modern cinema. I had never heard of the film but it happened to be on rental offer so thought I would give it a go and have now watched it many times. I would recommend this film to anyone who is a fan of fantasy/martial art films (But do not watch the dubbed version!)

mitchincoo Plot is not important. This is martial arts. Something about avenging the master's death, I suppose. The lack of plot is not what makes this movie unworthy of my full attention. It is not the bad acting, the bad dialog (although the bad English language version may not be helping) or the bad fighting sequences. I've sat through worse and enjoyed the films. There is just no feeling to this movie. No core. No central something to make the bad elements add up to something half way decent. I've written about the highs and the lows of martial arts cinema. This isn't doesn't even register. Wow. I can't finish the film. Now I'll never know how the brothers get together and defeat the guy with the metal mask.

Angelus2 I purchased this film as I had nothing interesting to do later that day.I know about Hong Kongs kung fu movies and a lot of the martial arts are pretty cool and breath-taking.Donnie Yen out does himself in this film; the plot is a little thin; but the fight scenes make up for it in a tons.Nicholos Tse (New police story)and Shawn Yue (Infernal Affairs 2) are great in the fight scenes but it is Donnie that takes the cake.His physique and movement is not only brilliant but graceful; his eyes sparkle a mysterious glow.A good film overall.

Masta_Ruthless Okay let me get this small but necessary detail out of the way. Most of the gripes I read about this movie more than let's me know that if you are not a kung fu/sci fi fan, then don't watch the movie.Some of the complaints I read were some of the dumbest ever. Number one, some guy claimed that it had no comic book flair so to speak. But does he read Asian comics, 9 times out of 10 he doesn't. Second one guy complained about the time it took Tiger Wong and Turbo Shek to heal. Did he see what happened to both men in the school? Come on, how many people could heal quickly from techniques used by a man with names like the Black Pagoda.Dragon Tiger Gate more than proved that the Asian action market is nowhere near dead like so many rookies claim to be. This movie regardless of the age difference between Donnie and Nicolas was one of the best in Hong Kong.I review movies all the time, while this one wasn't steady it was to set the record straight on those whom don't know anything about story or action, but have so much to complain about.So please people don't find little gripes in movies like this when you are the same ones that loved Matrix Reloaded and Revolution.