Arguably the most anticipated Chinese language film of the moment is Tsui Hark's upcoming wuxia epic FLYING SWORDS OF DRAGON GATE, to be presented in both IMAX and 3D. We have seen a couple of teaser trailers here and there, but nothing to really get audiences excited for the man's new film, but that should all change right now. The new trailer has just been released and not only does it give a much better insight into the epic scope of the project, the wirework and martial arts prowess on display, but also clearly shows that Tsui Hark understands how to use 3D to explore the depth of his frame. The film is set for a December release in mainland China and a January slot in Hong Kong, although there has been a fair amount of schedule shuffling already. Suffice to say it all looks pretty badass. Check it out below:
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ok we can all see the reminiscent to the New Dragon Tiger gate
but I don't think this will be that good, focused too much on 3D
Looks great, except the last CGI fight scene on the boat.
And it's great to see a Wu Xia film set in the Ming Dynasty.
Not the least interesting. Hark lost it after Seven Swords, his last good film imo.
Speaking of Tsui Hark means to rediscover new aesthetic styles, different takes on storytelling, visuals on screen never seen before.
And indeed this looks interesting, because the Wu Xia genre gets new blood with the aesthetics of 3-D (long shots, slow pace).
With the traditional music here presented in the trailer, it feels more like a "King Hu movie" , than say any Wu Xia flick from the 90ies.
Some may say it looks lame or not exciting enough, but you cannot really judge this from this trailer. I'm sure Dragon Inn 3-D will be more into story then Detective Dee was.
And combining an interesting story and new style of filming fighting sequences, this could be indeed a "true Tsui Hark". However, I would advice the postproduction team to cut out the crappy CGI. You won't win any friends with these.