Review of The White Dragon (2004) by Mattias E — 23 Aug 2010
Before reinventing himself as official Yip Man-chronicler and vessel for Donnie Yen's enormous acting talent, Wilson Yip had a varied output which revealed a keen sense of drama, albeit often in an action movie context.
The White Dragon is a period piece touching upon wuxia fantasy with lots of lame comedy and more embarassing moments than you can count, until the film makes a proper full-stop, turning a slight narrative digression into a finely tuned and genuinely felt small scale drama.
Not the safest way to go for the director, but working with top actors Francis Ng and Cecilia Cheung is of course a guaranteed success.
This review of The White Dragon (2004) was written by Mattias E on 23 Aug 2010.
The White Dragon has generally received mixed reviews.
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