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New Century of Cinema
DOWSE Guide to the
Movies
by Tony Lee editor of
Pigasus
Press
The Bride With White Hair
92 minutes (18) Tartan
Director: Ronny Yu
review by Jeff Young
Made in 1993, this stunning fantasy romance takes us back to the
milieu of A Chinese Ghost Story and Zu Warriors, where supernatural
entities, like the glamorous wolf-girl who becomes the title character, lend their
invincible fighting skills to gangs of murderous bandits that bring terror to humble
villagers and cloistered monks alike. The romance is irredeemably coy, but the varied
martial arts sequences are magnificent and elaborate and visually witty. The flying
heroine slices up her numerous foes with a whip, commending her abilities to the
viewer by knowing exactly how many pieces the corpse will end up in. The chief
villains though are a memorable pair of opposite sex Siamese twins, who the besotted
hero must confront if he's to win his lover's freedom from the bandit clan. Of
course, a Grand Guignol climax is inevitable as a bandit army invade the monastery
and slaughter the monks, but there's much strikingly photographed scenery and
fantastic ultra-violence before an act of betrayal and the heroine's torturous
escape from her masters, results in a whole series of horrific deaths. The pace is,
at times, very hectic, yet if you know how these Hong Kong adventures tend to
develop, you'll have no problem keeping up, and should get a great deal of enjoyment
out of the eventful story.
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