刺蠻王 (1971)

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刺蠻王 (1971)

She'd Hate Rather Love

Reviewed by: MrBooth
Date: 07/24/2023

It's probably another Taiwanese wuxia made to keep the Union Films staff busy between King Hu projects, with the cinematographer of DRAGON GATE INN and A TOUCH OF ZEN in the director's chair this time. The (amazing) title never really makes much sense - maybe if they dropped the S - but SHE'D HATE RATHER THAN LOVE has a strong story and looks great.

Action is sparse and rather cartoonish, but fun, and there are some nice cameos of sets from THE BRAVEST REVENGE, or vice-versa.

Solid work all round, in other words!

Reviewer Score: 7