House of Flying Daggers

House of Flying Daggers
by Yimou Zhang

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Actor: Andy Lau, Dandan Song, Hongfei Zhao, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Ziyi Zhang
Director: Yimou Zhang
Brand: Sony
Producer: Yimou Zhang
Writer: Yimou Zhang
Producer: Weiping Zhang
Producer: William Kong
Producer: Zhenyan Zhang
Writer: Bin Wang
Writer: Feng Li
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: Cantonese (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Dubbed); English (Published), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 119 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-04-19
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Sony Pictures

DVD Reviews of House of Flying Daggers

DVD Review: Bad Transfer to Blu Ray
Summary: 2 Stars

This is a good story, great effects etc- you can see all of that in the other reviews-- my issue is that I support those who say this transfer is LOUSY----I saw this picture twice in theaters and own the regular DVD--
I was excited in anticipation of the Blu Ray as the amazing color palette of the director should have jumped off the screen--
It is no better than the standard DVD and, in fact, looks washed out in some of what should be it's best scenes...
The producers of this Blu Ray should be lined up with Bernie Madoff and shot...

DVD Review: house of flying dagger's review
Summary: 5 Stars

This is my favorite Kung Fu foreign film. All the scenes are excently filmed and edited. The fighting is beautifal, and well coriegraphed. There is love story in it to give it a good plot so it is not just mindless violence. It has blood, but for a fighthing movie, the violence is well mantained, enough I would consider for the whole family. and yes, I cannot spell.

DVD Review: A must to have on Blu-ray
Summary: 4 Stars

If you have a Blu-ray player this is really a must have; the movie is just stunning to watch and the music and sound is as well.

DVD Review: House of the funny monkeys
Summary: 3 Stars

As good as the martial arts ballet is in places, the acting and plot
are pretty bad.There is some lovemaking in fields and forest that doesn't look at all comfortable. The battle in the giant bamboo forest is just fantasy? I liked the Chinese robe dancing at the beginning,
but the costumes and at times the long dialog make the plot slow and clumsy.
The language in my version starts out as Chinese and changes to French with subtitles. This tale might be compared to King Arthur for the time
that it took place...

DVD Review: Flying Daggers - Really, REALLY Bad Bluray Xfer!
Summary: 2 Stars

Seeing this in the theaters years ago was a beautiful experience of deep color and fantastic images. Too bad Sony, who did a poor job on the dvd pass 5 years ago on this film, just dumped off their badly xfered hdcam to the new bluray format a few years ago. Such a shame to see such an amazing film just go into the gutter. This film looked fantastic in the theaters - it could look just the same on Bluray!
Hopefully, this will not occur on the film Hero, a similarly shot martial arts film, which is due for a bluray xfer as well. Sure, a lot of the first titles to go out on Bluray years ago were poorly mastered - let's just hope this changes for the better - because so far there is only one chance to do it right!

Description of House of Flying Daggers

Mel is an exotic beautiful blind dancer associated with a dangerous revolutionary gang known as the house of flying daggers. Captured by officers of the decadent tang dynasty mel finds herself both threatened - & attracted - to the most unusual circumstances. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 01/22/2008 Run time: 119 minutes Rating: Pg13

No one uses color like Chinese director Zhang Yimou--movies like Raise the Red Lantern or Hero, though different in tone and subject matter, are drenched in rich, luscious shades of red, blue, yellow, and green. House of Flying Daggers is no exception; if they weren't choreographed with such vigorous imagination, the spectacular action sequences would seem little more than an excuse for vivid hues rippling across the screen. Government officers Leo and Jin (Asian superstars Andy Lau and Takeshi Kaneshiro) set out to destroy an underground rebellion called the House of Flying Daggers (named for their weapon of choice, a curved blade that swoops through the air like a boomerang). Their only chance to find the rebels is a blind women named Mei (Ziyi Zhang, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) who has some lethal kung fu moves of her own. In the guise of an aspiring rebel, Jin escorts Mei through gorgeous forests and fields that become bloody battlegrounds as soldiers try to kill them both. While arrows and spears of bamboo fly through the air, Mei, Jin, and Leo turn against each other in surprising ways, driven by passion and honor. Zhang's previous action/art film, Hero, sometimes sacrificed momentum for sheer visual beauty; House of Flying Daggers finds a more muscular balance of aesthetic splendor and dazzling swordplay. --Bret Fetzer

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