The big problem I have with The Duelist, and the one I'll mention off the top is how this movie pads itself by going slo-mo every second scene or so, making this trip featuring mysterious swordsman and gender-confused cop that more slower than it already is.
The director of this, Lee Myung-Se, has got enough features under his belt to truly know better, but his first foray into hai-ya! Swordsplay and while it's pretty to look at, relies too much on over repetitive fight scenes and clichés (how many fights do we really need to see in the rain?) just could almost be labeled as a half hour movie stretched out into a 2 hour movie.
The director of this, Lee Myung-Se, has got enough features under his belt to truly know better, but his first foray into hai-ya! Swordsplay and while it's pretty to look at, relies too much on over repetitive fight scenes and clichés (how many fights do we really need to see in the rain?) just could almost be labeled as a half hour movie stretched out into a 2 hour movie.