Beautifully executed cinematography. Anybody who likes movie as a form of art would really enjoy watching Hidden Blade.

Watching this movie is like playing a puzzle. The first hour of the movie contends many 3-5 minutes scenes that were not presented in the order of time so it can be confusing to start with. But wait, everything started to make sense and all came together in the second hour and became super fun to watch. The fighting scenes are amazingly done - very realistic and shot with perfect pace and lightings. Best fight scenes I have seen in years.

The cast is the best. Tony Leung and Zhou Xun, both have won numerous awards globally, are as excellent as always. However, the core of the story lies on Mr. Ye, played by Wang Yibo. Yibo did a fantastic job playing with audiences’ feelings by switching from cruelty to innocence, submissiveness to domination, and his performance carried a very complicated role throughout the whole movie. I am impressed.

Definitely will recommend this movie to everyone. This is THE movie you go to theaters to watch. Don’t miss the chance to watch it in the theaters.