11-04-2025, 12:01 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-04-2025, 06:00 AM by Drunk Monk.)
Eye for an Eye 2 is much better. It’s super sanguineous from the start, and oh so very brutal - innocent killings to validate how horrible the main villain is - a harsh child killing and an off screen dog killing set the tone for some serious ultravi.
I’ve come to accept Miao’s take on a blind swordsman. The selective blindness is aggravating - like what’s the point of him carrying around wanted posters if he can’t see them at all? He’s a bounty hunter but no saddled with a little orphan girl who serves as narrator ala Daigoro in Shotun Assassin, and a bit of a foil to show that the blind swordsman isn’t just a reclusive loner but actually has a heart.
The choreo is wild - mostly simple one move one shot stuff but shot from such extreme angles and dynamically, it’s a refreshing treat. It’s superhero wuxia where heroes and villains can throw people through walls with a sound kick, absorb many sword stabbings, and fly about in the gravity-defying wirework Wah - ultimately satisfying if you like your ultravi wet.
The finale sword fight is fun, total ultravi fun.
Seen on prime but the bummer is prime only does dubbed versions (this includes many other titles, probably all well to USA). I often turn the volume low and turn on subtitles to triangulate. In this case there were baked-in subs along with hearing-impaired captions that don’t match the regular captions only vaguely concur, so it’s more triangulation to get the whole story.
D00M recommended. There’s some truly panoramic shots and on the whole, the cinematography is sharply observant. From a technical standpoint, I enjoyed this much more than the first one. Part 2 really gets things going. You can skip p1 & just start here.
I’ve come to accept Miao’s take on a blind swordsman. The selective blindness is aggravating - like what’s the point of him carrying around wanted posters if he can’t see them at all? He’s a bounty hunter but no saddled with a little orphan girl who serves as narrator ala Daigoro in Shotun Assassin, and a bit of a foil to show that the blind swordsman isn’t just a reclusive loner but actually has a heart.
The choreo is wild - mostly simple one move one shot stuff but shot from such extreme angles and dynamically, it’s a refreshing treat. It’s superhero wuxia where heroes and villains can throw people through walls with a sound kick, absorb many sword stabbings, and fly about in the gravity-defying wirework Wah - ultimately satisfying if you like your ultravi wet.
The finale sword fight is fun, total ultravi fun.
Seen on prime but the bummer is prime only does dubbed versions (this includes many other titles, probably all well to USA). I often turn the volume low and turn on subtitles to triangulate. In this case there were baked-in subs along with hearing-impaired captions that don’t match the regular captions only vaguely concur, so it’s more triangulation to get the whole story.
D00M recommended. There’s some truly panoramic shots and on the whole, the cinematography is sharply observant. From a technical standpoint, I enjoyed this much more than the first one. Part 2 really gets things going. You can skip p1 & just start here.
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