I was looking for something action packed with great fight scenes. I definitely found it. The music, actors, graphics, fight scenes, storyline, it was all phenomenal. I also enjoyed how they casted Chinese actors for the Chinese roles and Japanese for the Japanese roles. And kept them speaking (most of the time) their own language. There was a lot of neat graphics used in the movie that I really loved and helped add a bit of lighter feel to the movie even though the core of it is pretty dark. Although, don’t be disappointed that it doesn’t keep that lighter, comic feel throughout the whole movie (for good reason)!It’s worth watching I promise. The storyline did get a bit choppy towards the end but it wasn’t unbearable in the least.
These are my favorite type of movies/dramas so I will definitely be rewatching. I can’t believe there wasn’t more watchers of this movie, it was freaking great. Haha also, the cover image for the movie (which really made me interested to watch it) is a bit misleading bc you won’t find Liu He fighting at all but you won’t be disappointed in the lack of female badass fighting bc that’s where Kiyoko comes in. The actress who played her did such a spectacular job that I looked forward to all of her scenes.
After finishing this movie I quickly went to find if maybe they made a 2nd movie but looks like nothing yet :(( that ending was begging for a 2nd movie and I was really looking forward to that final fight!
P.S. I have also fallen in love with Ou Hao and after I finish writing this review I’m looking for anything else he was in to add to my list :))