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jormis29
Since: Mar, 2012
6th Jan, 2017 04:05:16 AM
Also the emperor's brother might of had a name that was translated to to Snow Blow or Snow Blown
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jormis29
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jormis29
Since: Mar, 2012
jormis29
Since: Mar, 2012
jormis29
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jormis29
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CD-ROM
Since: Jul, 2017
7th Jul, 2017 04:21:08 AM
the movie is "The Duel" from 2000, a Hong Kong Wuxia comedy. the chinese title is 決戰紫禁之巔.
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jormis29
Since: Mar, 2012
7th Jul, 2017 04:31:11 AM
Awesome thank you!
A Wuxia that zig-zag between the serious and comedy, here’s what I can remember:
- The plot was start with the theft of the royal seal (it’s not 14 Blades)
- One of the people sent to investigate may have been an official like Judge Dee. At one point he is shown what happen to other officials like him, one is tall because he was tortured by being stretched, another is short because bandits hit him with hammers, etc
- The official has this Wire Fu move where he floats backwards, hitting away blades with his fingers. Later, he stuck down a hole and admits that he can only do the move when someone is attacking him (so he cannot use it to get out of the hole) and that he learnt it by pointing people to their seats in a theatre.
- In the end the villains plot involves the emperor's Eunuch using a mask to replace the emperor. The heroes then ask why the Eunuch would replace the emperor (since an Eunuch couldn’t start his own dynasty), he tells that he was announce (as the emperor) that he was going to abdicate to go on a religious pilgrimage and hand the throne to the emperor's brother who promised him more power or something.
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