Bichunmoo Region 2

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4 Stars Action, Drama, Romance-what else could you possibly ask for. . .
It’s funny, the first thought I had after the movie was over wasn’t how good or bad it was, or how much I liked it or what my favorite part was. No, my initial impression was just how “watchable” it was. Bichunmoo is a film I feel like I could watch no matter what kind of mood I was in. Some films, regardless of how great they are, require a certain mood to be viewed. Not this one, though.

For its part, “Bichunmoo” is an excellent movie. It comes to us courtesy of the director of “Shadowless Sword”. Personally, I liked SS, but this film is far superior to it. Let’s dig into it.

Okay, quick premise. Guy loves girl. Girl forced to marry another. Guy gets his undies in a bunch and goes postal with his sword. Yeah, there’s far more nuance to it, but you get the idea. The story really does play out nicely. The dialogue is kept to a minimum and the story is told through reactions and expressions and the sweeping score that really is a nice addition. The acting is solid from a very familiar cast (if you watch enough Korean action). The only thing that threw me is that the film pulls a Beowulf in the middle and jumps ahead a decade or so with very little warning. But once your brain catches up, you’ll get it.

That leaves us with the action. First off, this movie isn’t short on action. There are plenty of sword and fist fights to please any action junkie. What I found interesting is that the action is shot in a very Hong Kong style. It uses the dynamic handheld technique that Tsui Hark has spent a lifetime perfecting, and it does it well. I would say the action in this film most resembles Hark’s “The Blade”. Not much is slown down. It comes fast and furious with some wire and acrobatics to accent, but never dominate, the action.

The hand held isn’t the “shaky” US style that obscures the action so that we don’t see how poor our stunt men here our. It’s steady and tends to rock left and right or up and down to catch the movement. It adds a certain intensity and brutality that no steadicam or dolly or jib arm can match. Being a huge Hark fan it’s one of my all-time favorite ways to capture a fight scene and it’s done here masterfully.

That’s all I have to say on that. More than passable story. Capable and solid acting. All topped off with a generous quantity and top-notch quality fight scenes and visual style that are world class. A definite must-see.

2 Stars Damn, another over-rated movie(don’t let this happen to you)
“Just skip foward to the fightin scenes” - you might be telling yourself this when you try to watch this movie again and again. Only the fighting scenes makes this movie come alive- the main character has a style of slicing multiple enemies from a distance(and the enemies don’t really get sliced, they just have smoke & dust exploding from their torsos). You may like this film if you enjoyed the movie, DEADFUL MELODY, because it has a simple plot,poor dialog, poorly-executed story, yet dazzling fighting scenes. But DEADFUL MELODY makes this film look like a amateur/student film.

And if you like CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON, HERO, and HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS, dont get this movie! BICHUNMOO has a decent romance story in it but it is not well executed as these movies.

2 Stars Horrible korean film
This sucked in everyway possible the storyline is horrible and its incredibly CONFUSING characters pop in and out, and this movie looks like a low budget film from the early 90s a few guys carry plastic swords and if you pay close attention you can notice the wires on two or three occasions so much for claiming to be the highest budget korean film.

i bought this movie thinking that it was a smart, stylish love story but dont let the nice dvd cover fool you this movie is mostly bad fighting the bodies explode after getting sliced, so ridiculous. This movie is perfect for teenagers or if you just want a mindless action film, if you want a good korean movie then buy “musa:the warrior” instead.

5 Stars Best martial arts story i have ever seen to date period.
Some people may have to watch it multiple times to really understand the quality of the story. Far surpasses Crouching tiger, House of flying daggers, and Musu the warrior. Just watch it and you wont be dissapointed. The ending has to be one of the saddest things i ever saw.

3 Stars Bichunmoo…
A good (Korean) martial arts movie. I recommend it - if you can get it at a good price. Four stars!

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