Review of The Hurricane

Nora Miao, Patrick Tse, Sek, Shih Kien, Stanley Fung and Lo Wei star in another early Golden Harvest old school wu xia production. According to the trailer included on the disc this was a New Year's movie. I'm more used to New Year movies being comedies. Times change, but then this movie was made when being a Kinght Errant/Chivolrous Knight still meant something. Patrick Tse is nominally the lead, but it feels more like an esemble piece. Lo Wei's part is more of a cameo this time around. The plot involves the pursuit of a secret courier taking a message to an horde invading China.

I thought the sword-play was better in this movie than it was in The Comet Strikes. Nothing too fanciful; Hurricane's (Patrick Tse) weapons of choice were a dagger and a weighted cape, Shih Kien used a two section staff and sword, and everyone else uses a long sword or some other form of sword. Lot's of jumping but no real wire-fu. It's fun seeing a wu xia where they concentrate on the action and adventure instead of the special effects (though those wu xia have their place).

6/10