The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
Indomina Releasing | Release Date: August 31, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
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Mixed:
5
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0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
New York PostV.A. MusettoAug 30, 2012
The story has been brought to the screen twice before (once by Tsui), but this version is the first in IMAX 3-D, which is the main reason to see it. Read full review
75
The PlaylistGabe ToroAug 30, 2012
Silly, distracting, and undeniably entertaining. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineAndrew SchenkerAug 29, 2012
Tsui Hark's film is the veteran director's chance to let his imagination run riot in the context of a high-budget, 3D IMAX production. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleSep 1, 2012
A chunky spectacle, to be sure – overstuffed with plot and characters - but at times, it's an insanely entertaining one. Read full review
70
The New York TimesMike HaleAug 30, 2012
Surprisingly old-fashioned. It seems to be having an argument with itself: the dazzling but often antiseptic immersiveness of the viewing experience is countered by storytelling suffused with nostalgia for a simpler, messier, livelier period in Chinese film. Read full review
60
Village VoiceSimon AbramsAug 29, 2012
Flying Swords might not live up to the promise of Detective Dee, Hark's recent comeback, but it does deliver frequently and always when it counts most. Read full review
50
VarietyRichard KuipersAug 29, 2012
The 3D is terrific in Flying Swords of Dragon Gate, but helmer Tsui Hark's costume actioner -- the first Chinese-lingo movie shown in the stereoscopic Imax format -- is let down by two-dimensional characters. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovSep 13, 2012
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate isn't as much fun as the director's previous film – the wondrous "Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame." Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierAug 30, 2012
Despite the presence of Jet Li, only the last half-hour of this chatty epic truly flies. Read full review
40
Boxoffice MagazineDavid EhrlichAug 29, 2012
Tsui Hark's films aren't famous for their coherence, but Flying Swords of Dragon Gate is such a wantonly incomprehensible experience that it occasionally feels like an epic piece of outsider art. Read full review
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