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Wu ji (2005)
Really, not all *that* bad.
All right, all right -- so some people think that the movie is crap, and there are definitely a whole lot of mixed opinions when it comes to this movie. Sure, for the people who went into the theater thinking they'd see something of a sister film to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, it was probably a disappointment. This movie made more of an impression on me than Crouching Tiger; perhaps it was the storyline, which -- though definitely absurd at points -- actually had me interested, whereas the story in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was just kind of o____O-ish.
I went to the movies expecting nothing more than one of those badly-done Chinese soap operas, though it might be more accurate to say that I was dragged there, kicking and screaming the whole way. "The Promise" was not something I had wanted to watch during my stay in Taiwan. However, the choreography was decently done, and the movie was...very, very well-casted.
As characters go, the movie was laden with clichés, from the girl to all three of the main male characters -- but they were well-played. To be honest, I fell in love with Wuhuan the moment he appeared on screen, but that's generally what happens with me and those types of characters. Hah.
Anyhow, the movie was emotional, and although the story was stretched at points (and was Wuhuan being serious at the end? The script there was kind of odd), it was far from a disappointment.