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Exclusive: Dragon / Wu Xia (2011) | Full Reaction (Patreon)

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2024-03-07 16:00:07
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Loved this film! I didn’t know CSI: Martial Arts was something I needed in my life, but it was. What an incredible story that left me fully satisfied.

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Kelvin

Hell yea can’t wait to get into this later. Big fan of how this one touches on multiple different points/genres

g g gooding

Like Liu Jinxi, I was very lucky today: I didn't have to go to work so I watched this for the first time. Jinkies, this was *great*!!! And it hit me like a load of bulls what this is (just kinda) a remake of in act 3 when the guy does the thing to himself. ⚠️ The following link spoils an aspect of Dragon. ⚠️ Worth noting: the star of this 1967 film (and its MANY sequels...the Zatoichi one being my fav) plays The Master in this here film! https://youtu.be/mOe4I3NSgQ8?si=sPScRB9BuOngpGMH

Kelvin
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Yep this movie fucking rules. Your mentioning of the music is a good point which I hadn't thought of before. Just like with the rest of the story it manages to be both elide expectations a bit while also being satisfying to watch. The way it just kind of slides between/around genres is a thing I like and look for more of in a lot of genre fiction these days. It's a wuxia movie that comes across as pretty bucolic and fantasy like at first, then it shows its hand as a bit of a detective noir story, but not a normal one of those either because it has touches of both noir and wuxia. The "science" as you put it I believe is based on traditional Chinese medicine/magic concepts, which is a head turner because it lets the detective be the Sherlock analytical type on one hand while also being in touch with the more mystical aspects of the world in the other (qiggong and pressure points). But what I like there is that once the story establishes this it also kind of seamlessly transitions into a state where you're no longer sure who is really right. So the detective is right, but using fantastical concepts, but then he's also questionable, because his motives make him untrustworthy at various points, and the same goes for the Liu Jinxi, who is righteous and a good provider, but also untrustworthy, because he lies, and hides things, and has hidden ability in himself. This part of things about the past coming to a distant town also makes me think of Western movies (the genre, not the region). And the setting is kind of perfectly positioned in time (at least for me) to be a crossroads of these different ideas of the past (the village life, the outlaws on the border, the unsettled dead of those indigenous to the area who were violently massacred, the fantastical wuxia elements and martial arts) and the future (the detective who's attire and entire way of being seems to be from a different era compared to everyone else, the noir narration and elements, all of which *also* isn't actually that far off from the early 1900s at least to the popular viewpoint). And even when it only touches on something, it all kind of works because it's a film that for me, like with the Witch Subversion, does a lot with a little. The kids are barely in this movie, but they imprint themselves on you pretty fast in that short time. The same goes with his wife really, who would be a throwaway character in most other films like this but totally works here. And technically there isn't much action here compared to some martial arts films, but what comes really hits. I'll just say last that I think Yen was a really great acquisition for this film. If you've seen Ip Man as you mentioned that's pretty much most people's general impressions of him I think as his most popular role. And indeed, I've seen various of his films at this point and he's always either some form of a gentle ass kicking hero you immediately root for or at worst a cowboy cop who has to put people down who you also root for as a cool guy who does cool things. But this film was one that managed to take that easy charisma and make it seems as part of a performance, something that could be questioned, and to make him at times menacing, darker. It's just such a cool role to see Yen in and it's one of many reasons I'm way into this movie.