Butterfly & Sword VCD

A host of top Hong Kong names battle it out in Butterfly & Sword, a rousing period adventure with fantastic, surprisingly bloody action sequences! Michelle Yeoh is Sister Ko, a talented martial artist who has long held a torch for her childhood friend Sing (Tony Leung Chiu Wai). But Sing really loves the beautiful Butterfly (Joey Wang), and is clueless to Sister Ko's feelings. And Sister Ko has her own secret admirer, another childhood friend played by Donnie Yen! As if the heroes' love lives weren't enough trouble, there's intrigue afoot in the Martial Arts World, and potential treachery on the horizon. Co-starring Elvis Tsui and Taiwanese idol Jimmy Lin, Butterfly & Sword provides a potent mix of comedy, romance, period intrigue, and simply incredible action sequences. People fly, burst through their opponents, and wield deadly weapons with mind-blowing over-the-top kung-fu panache, all courtesy of renowned action director Ching Siu Tung! The big stars help too, making Butterfly & Sword an entertaining, action-filled period romp!

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Product Title:	Butterfly & Sword 新流星蝴蝶劍新流星蝴蝶剑新流星胡蝶剣秘術VS妖術（新流星蝴蝶劍） Butterfly & Sword
Artist Name(s):	Tony Leung Chiu Wai (Actor) \| Jimmy Lin \| Joey Wang \| Michelle Yeoh (Actor) \| Elvis Tsui \| Donnie Yen 梁朝偉 (Actor) \| 林志穎 \| 王祖賢 \| 楊紫瓊 (Actor) \| 徐錦江 \| 甄子丹梁朝伟 (Actor) \| 林志颖 \| 王祖贤 \| 杨紫琼 (Actor) \| 徐锦江 \| 甄子丹梁朝偉（トニー・レオン） (Actor) \| 林志穎（ジミー・リン） \| 王祖賢（ジョイ・ウォン）　 \| 楊紫瓊（ミシェール・ヨー） (Actor) \| 徐錦江（チョイ・ガムゴン） \| 甄子丹（ドニー・イェン） 양조위 (Actor) \| Jimmy Lin \| 왕조현 \| Michelle Yeoh (Actor) \| Elvis Tsui \| 견자단
Director:	Chu Yen Ping 朱延平朱延平朱延平（チュー・イェンピン） Chu Yen Ping
Release Date:	2000-09-01
Language:	Cantonese, Mandarin
Subtitles:	English, Traditional Chinese
Country of Origin:	Hong Kong
Disc Format(s):	VCD
Rating:	II
Publisher:	Mei Ah (HK)
Other Information:	2VCDs
Package Weight:	120 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1000027775

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November 8, 2005

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One of the most boring credit sequences ever gives way to an imperial official losing his face. Literally. And we're off into the bent world inside the mind of director Chu Yen-ping. Marking the point at which the period kung fu movie goes from the unreal to the surreal, Butterfly and Sword has the temptations and turbulence of the martial world stand in for the temptations and turbulence of growing old. Are any of us the same person at forty-five that we were at 25? In Butterfly and Sword this question of identity is lethally literalized as double agents, secret identities, and masked swordsmen proliferate like a viral plague.

There's this gang of pals, see? They're happy, giggly kids and then they grow up. Michelle Yeoh, grim-faced and a slave to Eunuch Tsao, nurses a flame for Tony Leung; Donnie Yen, a drunk swordsman who keeps getting wounded to keep Michelle caring for him; and Tony Leung who plays whimsical Sing, sitting in the boughs of trees tossing little paper helicopters to the wind. He pretends to be a simple merchant for the sake of his lady love, Joey Wong, who plays with baby birds and flutters through the peaceful forest like a paper napkin. Both of them moon goonily at the landscape, the fish, and each other, much to Michelle's irritation.

Bodies start to spurt pressurized blood mist as Eunuch Tsao commands Michelle to mobilize her "Happy Forest" army against the combined wicked forces of Eunuch Li and Suen (Elvis Tsui, wearing a variety of studded leather hats). Light humor and romance (when Sing goes on a business trip he gives Joey Wong a fifteen foot "To Do" list) mix with bodies being torn in seven different directions. Like a mid-life nightmare Ching Siu-tung's fevered action choreography features human arrows, floors ripped up and hurled at opponents, the previously-mentioned de-facings, and more blue-lit sword angst than you can shake a stick at.

Taiwan's top director, and the auteur behind such oddities as Fantasy Mission Force and Golden Queen Commando, Chu Yen-ping outdoes himself here - behind his onscreen ravings is an anguished wailing against the implacable approach of old age.

by Grady Hendrix

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Average Customer Rating for this Edition: Customer Review Rated Bad 9 - 9 out of 10 (1)
Average Customer Rating for All Editions of this Product: Customer Review Rated Bad 6 - 6.4 out of 10 (7)

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February 24, 2008

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New Wave Classic! Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8 out of 10

Absolutely mad little movie with a cast to die for, and OTT action choreographed by the amazing Ching Sui Tung.If you haven't already seen this you need a human (bow and) arrow put through you... Luckily, it will be in the form of Tony Leung! Buy it!!