Butterfly and Sword English Subtitles VHS - Tai Seng Michelle Yeoh Donnie Yen

This pinwheeling period-fantasy action film is all over the map--in its plotting, for starters, but also in its action sequences, staged by A Chinese Ghost Story's Ching Siu-tung, which are so frenetic that we can barely keep track of who's skewering whom. Based on a serialized swordplay novel by leading Chinese pulp writer Gu Long, the endless twists and turns in the conflict between two rival clans of quasi-magical warriors are all but impossible to follow. The result of this multilayered confusion is a less than completely involving cinematic experience, although the dashing Michelle Yeoh (Tomorrow Never Dies) and soulful Tony Leung Chiu-wai (Hard Boiled) are an unusually classy pair of comrades in arms.

 Actors: Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Michelle Yeoh, Joey Wang, Elvis Tsui, Donnie Yen
Directors: Michael Mak
Writers: John Chong, Lung Ku
Format: Color, Letterboxed, NTSC
Subtitles: English
Rated: NR Not Rated
Number of tapes: 1
Studio: Tai Seng Entertainme
Run Time: 88 minutes