The Final Master (Blu-ray + DVD)
Every betrayal begins with trust.
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Blu-ray Details
- Number of Discs: 2
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 49 minutes
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: July 25, 2017
- Originally Released: 2017
- Label: Well Go USA
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Jia Song, Shih-Chieh King & Liao Fan | |
Directed by | Xu Haofeng & Haofeng Zu | |
Screenwriting by | Xu Haofeng |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 7/10 --
Confusing it may be, boring it isn't.
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Starburst
Rating: 2.5/4 --
Initially astonishing, overly complicated, increasingly incoherent, and ultimately silly ...
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Boston Globe
Rating: B+ --
Those who look for a more patient and meditative experience within the [martial-arts] genre will get more than their money's worth.
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The Playlist
Rating: 3/4 --
During the impressive action sequences - which Xu choreographed himself - the director plays it straight. Otherwise, he introduces playful kinks into most of the genre's other conventions.
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Washington Post
Rating: 2/5 --
Xu Haofeng may have an original eye but he desperately needs a collaborator that can help convey his ideas in a much more enjoyably cinematic fashion. Hopefully his next film, he can do this but in the meantime, The Final Master is a colossal bore.
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easternKicks.com
Haofeng's movie doesn't feel like many other movies of its ilk. That's mostly a good thing, even if the movie can't quite fit all its eccentric pieces into a satisfying whole.
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Los Angeles Times
It's an interesting theme with historical resonance-the filmmaker suggests that the failure to share power and knowledge left them vulnerable to invaders-but a confused story that gets lost in the subterfuge and machinations.
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Description by OLDIES.com:
In 1930s China, unrest rules the nation. Chen, the last Wing Chun master, arrives in Tianjin to expand his kung fu but his ambition gets him entangled in a power struggle between Tianjins martial arts Grandmaster, a dominant underworld Madam, and the towns military leaders. Can he protect his family from the dangers of the martial arts world, or will it consume everything he loves?