kamhwy-63711 It is what it is. A low-budget film produced in Thailand. You can't sit down to a movie like Mystic Blade and expect a Lucas production or the like. It's a good popcorn and beer film to watch on a rainy weekend. The fight scenes are reasonably well choreographed, the narrating animation is good and the storyline is enough to keep me interested. One or two plot twists caught me off guard so the writing wasn't too bad. Some of the scenery in Thailand was beautiful as the movie made good use of the varying terrain and locations in the Kingdom. The bond between the main actor and his son (it's really his kid) was heart-wrenching at times as the little boy cried when dad would walk away. You can't teach someone to cry on cue. All things considered, for a movie that was apparently funded by one or two people and done completely by themselves, it's quite well done. Again, it's not going to win any awards, but it's worth a watch if you happen to find it in your youth hostel and have some Thai beers in the fridge. I applaud the effort.

Tony Bennett The summary says it all really. It was about an hour and twenty longer than it should have been. Actually, I retract that, the cartoon montage pieces were actually not that bad, but they only made up about five minutes of the whole movie.I wish I could charge a creativity fee for the time I wasted watching this movie but I fear the makers couldn't possibly stump up the price. If I could only use one word to describe this cinematic excrement I'd have to invent one by melding "yetch" and "blergh"......maybe "BLYERGHTCH"...I thought the one saving grace would be that it ended without the possibility of ever having a sequel but even that consolation was denied me.I remember seeing a badly dubbed Mad Max clone from Italy in the late Eighty's that contained anal rape and the term "Mother-grabber" in the same scene. After watching this I can understand how those terms can fit together.Shame on you David Ismalone, shame.

rexraven "Before my showdown with Ken I must leave Sherol (my baby son) with one of the few people I trust, Reyosan, he is a sword maker and he lives the old ways of the samurai".Really? Think that is a good idea?"I walked and I walked 'til I could walk no more."Correction "I traveled for many days 'til I could walk no more."The spots of animation were kind of a nice touch.He develops a conscience after being a, stipulated, don't just rough people up and warn them, kill them (leave no one alive) bloodthirsty mercenary? Really? Story line and monologue needed a lot more for the movie to carry its weight.The action scenes were okay but not enough to remedy the overall production. Killing off his wife seemed totally contrived. Him carrying around a baby was just too weird.Interesting film title but the movie simply does not live up to it.

Joe Johnston I have no affiliation with this film and have nothing good to say about it. Sadly, this will be a scathing review. This was so bad its difficult to articulate. The acting was very pedestrian. The lack luster performance in the actual story telling was a constant strain on my patience. The stunts and fight scenes were tolerable. The immersion quality of this film was non-existent. I want my 2 hours back. Do yourself a favor just enjoy an old Bruce Lee rerun and call it a day. In the end you will have gotten your kung fu movie and at least you won't be mad.