Review of The Assassin (2015) by Tor M — 18 Apr 2016

"Nie yin niang" (2015) was a disappointing movie for me. First off all, I really like Asian martial arts movies, But this movie really isn't about martial arts. It is extremely slowly paced - that wasn't the biggest issue for me. The main problem that it's just wasn't interesting. The main plot wasn't bad at all, but it just not involvingly done. There are some truly visionary moments in this movie, but they are far and in between. Acting was kinda stiff by lead actress, although she is suppose to be like this, some supporting stuff did a better job in my opinion. And there are some scenes that seems barely fit one with each other at all - like for example near the end when our main heroine walks from the mountain and is suddenly attacked ... "what just happen...?" was the first mind that cross my mind.

Overall, "Nie yin niang" (aka. "The Assassin") isn't a bad movie, but it is not a good one either. This is surely not a mainstream movie which isn't a bad thing, but the bad thing is that it completely not involving and just simply boring.