Hidden Blade
Well Go USA Entertainment | Release Date: February 17, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
59
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
VoxAlex Abad-SantosMar 10, 2023
Yibo’s performance seals Hidden Blade’s status as an unexpected pleasure. Once finally assembled, its cinematic intricacies yield infinite rewards. Read full review
77
Paste MagazineJacob OllerFeb 21, 2023
While China’s propaganda department made sure the film was imbued with a definitive moral, there’s a subtle pleasure in a spy story otherwise intoxicated with its own smokescreen. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreFeb 16, 2023
I found the whole “Hidden Blade” rather less satisfying than its individual component parts. The many characters, myriad plot points and points of view and added complications with the narrative timeline clutter things up. But scene after immaculately-realized, quietly-menacing scene pays off. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayJul 21, 2023
The bluntness keeps the film from approaching greatness, although history buffs and genre fans might appreciate a World War II story told from a unique, non-Western perspective. Read full review
60
The New York TimesAustin ConsidineFeb 16, 2023
However crisp and stylishly executed, the parts don’t quite add up to a satisfying whole. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsFeb 17, 2023
These episodic sketches immediately feel monotonous since the plot isn't arranged in chronological or sequential order; leaps in time from 1945 back to 1941 and then forward to eventually 1944 are a distracting overcompensation for an otherwise lifeless chain of impersonal betrayals, cold-blooded murders, and unbelievable moping from all involved. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonFeb 15, 2023
While it is imminently watchable, it’s a movie that consists of mostly people sitting at tables with fantastic period clothing plotting and scheming, but sometimes barely moving at all. Read full review
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