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Good movie but grossly overrated

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

To make it short and quick: The movie boring, the fighting is merely more about screaming like Bruce lee than real fighting action. The actors do have a lots of good moves, but the choreography is just bad. There is a fight scene in which a oil lantern is in front of the action and you cannot see the whole fight scene, because it covers like 1 /3 of the picture.I don't know why this is called a fantasy movie, its more like a ninja movie with some bad special effects. It could also be some gangster action movie with some ninjas. Don't pay for this movie, you'll regret it.

i wonder what kind of people watch this movie ??? I think martial arts lovers go out and see this movie !? Why is the ranking so low, because the martial arts is one of the best i've seen in years. good story, lots of action, lots of fighting. what more could an audience want? it was a tough decision to give the right ranking for this movie. Although the actors performance was good, if they have put a jet-Li or chow yun fat in the leading role it would have been a world wide success. one thing i didn't like about it was, that it took place in the u.s. the return of this tyrant is supposed to be a 500 year old Asian myth. Why did this have to take place in the us & why in the city of Chicago? The mix between Asians & Americans didn't bother me that much, but i think an Asian cast would have been better. and one point deduction for the city of Chicago. it would have been way cooler if it took place somewhere in the orient.My Final conclusion: Martial arts lovers "go to the blockbuster closest to your home and go see this movie".

I saw a screener copy of the movie and I must say that the martial arts in the movie is just out of this world. Don't get me wrong it is not like we haven't seen this stuff before, it is just that this time there is no wires used. I am not sure if I believe that but if anyone knows for sure please write in. I tried to look for wires but did not find any. Also can anyone let me know how to get a hold of the actual film. One last thing, this guy, Ho-sung has mad, mad skills. You could actually see the fight scenes, not like most movies where the camera is all over the place. Next best thing to Bruce Lee.

I caught a screening of this film at the AFM this past February. Wow...very impressive. I recognized the lead, Hosung Pak, from his co-starring role with Jackie Chan in Legend of Drunken Master (the best fight scenes with Hosung unfortunately got deleted in the final cut of Drunken Master). For those who don't know, Hosung is one of the true modern masters of Wushu. Nobody can fight with swords like he can. I used to see him when he was a legend on the American martial arts tournament circuit back in the late 80s, early 90s. Book of Swords' story is just a standard action piece, but it has some of the best martial arts fight scenes I've ever seen on film. It was a nice change of pace to see an action film with real action, as opposed to relying on wire tricks, CG enhancements, etc. I've heard they're releasing this on DVD very soon. I'll definitely be picking up a copy. Hope Hosung is planning on coming out with more stuff soon. The martial arts/action genre definitely needs a breath of fresh air...hopefully Hosung's films can provide that new kick fans are looking for.