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Duelist (Hong Kong Version) DVD Region 3

Ha Ji Won (Actor) | Kang Dong Won (Actor) | Ahn Sung Ki (Actor) | Lee Myung Se (Director)
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Duelist (Hong Kong Version)
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Average Customer Rating for All Editions of this Product: Customer Review Rated Bad 6 - 6 out of 10 (22)

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SEXY888
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April 11, 2007

This customer review refers to Duelist (Hong Kong Version)
1 people found the following helpful

 Sword of Love Customer Review Rated Bad 6 - 6 out of 10
This is a thriller-sword fighting style. it actually isnt much when it comes to story line. but You stay and watch because of the production value. its quite intriguing. quite diffrent from what you have seen in the past
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Rhett
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February 13, 2007

This customer review refers to Duelist Collector's Box (First Press Limited Edition) (Japan Version)
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 Glorified Fatalism Customer Review Rated Bad 3 - 3 out of 10
This is a twisted story between a feministic Asian woe-man who pursues a lost effeminate Asian man in order to engage in disturbing and continual sword fighting with him. The love sub-plot centers on the theme of love through pain or a love/hate relationship. That is, the two lead characters experience a sort of euphoria and escape by playing with death together.

However this is not love. One false slip of their sword and their partner is dead and burning in hell for eternity. If I hold a knife to your neck and say I love you would you believe me? Used as a metaphor for arguing, who is silly enough to think that arguing is the product or a producer of love?

A positive twist is *attempted* to this fatalistic philosophy in that the movie ends on a subjectivly "good note" with the male and female slashing at each other into the night - just as they desire. Some viewers might conclude that this is just a complex love story that takes "love" very seriously, showing that even in “love” there is conflict and so we must accept “love” along with hate.

The underlying soul twisting attraction to this film is its ability to manipulate mystery. Taking the eternal mystery of the person of God and allocating that to a mere human sword-fighter whom the female effectively creates as an idol for herself and in her self-deception she is carried away by his quite demeanor and evasions. This issue of mystery is one of the central deceptions and intrigues of the story. And because the audience views the story from her perspective we are also kept from ever discovering who the male lead is as a *person* and not a mysterious someone. It is this intentional cloaking of the male lead that gives an austere authority to the perverted love/hate conclusion.

In the end we have an effeminate man and a feminist woman scratching each other like possessed cats struggling to rationally communicate. Perhaps fatalism is the movie writers response to God's curse between men and women.
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Rhoda
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September 1, 2006

This customer review refers to Duelist Deluxe Edition (Japan Version)
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 Too dark Customer Review Rated Bad 5 - 5 out of 10
I don't know if the movie is always taken at night time coz 70% of the movie is dark. Can't recognized the character. Kim Dong Wan is shown only once at daytime. I did not understand because most of the time i am trying my best to recognize the people rather than reading the translations. Sayang...
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Daiquiri's Are Always Cool ^_^
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June 14, 2006

This customer review refers to Duelist Limited Edition DTS
This movie is Great!! Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
Duelist is a really good movie. Even though there weren't a LOT of fighting sequences, the ones that were shown were very good. Kang Dong-won and Ha Ji-won really did a good job in this one. This movie has probably one of the most intimate fighting scenes I have ever seen. I was also very drawn to the soundtrack for this movie. Very fitting with the movie. I can't wait to purchase this movie. I saw it at a place that shows Korean films wvery week. I am usually known for watching the mini-series and things like that from Korea. This is definitely not the last Korean movie I will watch. Especially the ones with this kind of timeline. Keep it up!! I give this movie two thumbs up!!
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Tenette
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May 23, 2006

This customer review refers to Duelist Limited Edition DTS
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 stunning visually Customer Review Rated Bad 5 - 5 out of 10
The movie was visually stunning and artsy...i saw this movie mainly because i thought i was going to be an all out sword fighting movie, but instead it had few. Only huge complaint i have about this movie is the comedy they slapped into this movie, just didn't fit well imo.
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fruity_meh
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May 19, 2006

This customer review refers to Duelist (Malaysia Version)
Love it!!! Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
I love tis movie and trust me i know a good movie wen i see one! if you are a big fan of music and swordfighting and dancing than tis is so the movie for you. i love tis movie the actor and actress are super. the music goes along with the movie. although many may say it's confusing but i guess you have to actually see it from an art point of view to actually get it. it was beautiful, elegent, tragic, and it's color are great with it. I LOVE IT!!!!
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April 19, 2006

This customer review refers to Duelist Limited Edition DTS
beautiful all the way through Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
if you're looking for an all talk and action pack movie...this isn't for you. "Duelist" is so beautifully compose. No words are needed to convey the story 'cause the body you. I recommand this to anyone looking for something other than the typical sword-love-death series/movies. great from beginning to end!
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Kai
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March 16, 2006

This customer review refers to Duelist Limited Edition DTS
Confusing!! Customer Review Rated Bad 1 - 1 out of 10
This film is nowhere near the same calibre as 'Damo'though the storyline is supposedly similar. The director is trying hard to make it into a visually stunning film but along the line, the plot which should be the most important part of any film is forsaken. It is a total disappointment and this DVD is not worth owning. 'Damo'is a much, much better production even though it was made for TV and not the big screen.
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het-style
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March 12, 2006

This customer review refers to Duelist Limited Edition DTS
Very good but... Customer Review Rated Bad 7 - 7 out of 10
The movie itself is good, great actors, catchy music, and really impressive and beautiful shots. By the way, the writting is confusing, we don't know what kind of movie it is; romantic ? action ? politic ? It has just a taste of all this.
About the DVD, hurm.. the packaging is simply well done. It worth buying but a lonely booklet for extra of the 3 discs isn't enough i guess.
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Pouh
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February 23, 2006

This customer review refers to Duelist Limited Edition DTS
Review in two B : Beautiful & Boring Customer Review Rated Bad 0 - 0 out of 10
What a disappointment ! The pictures are beautiful, very stylish but the whole movie has NO RYTHM...
galileo cavazzini said everything I thought about this movie, please check his review !
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