Movie Review: Fourteen Blades
The story of the 14 Blades. I would dare say this movie is one of those really swoosh, swash and a LOT of swordplay with Donnie Yen as Qinglong an imperial guard, Zhao Wei as Qiaohua a poor man's daughter who becomes a heroine and Wu Chun as "Judge of the Sands". In the story, the Chinese empire has an incompetent emperor, his group of "samurai" called the Jinyiwei are tasked with fourteen blades each with a different task (and the last blade is for hara-kiri!) and Prince Qing (Sammo Hung) an exiled noble as well as his adoptive daughter the beautiful witch Tuotuo (Kate Tsui). This is one of Daniel Lee's masterpieces that I would recommend and as you read through, you'll see why. The Jinyiwei are like the Japanese samurai. They are trained from childhood, they are tasked to protect the imperial courts and should they fail their mission, get the fourteenth blade and KILL themselves. The first thirteen blades have their own purposes like torture, de...