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Hong Kong filmmaker Chung Siu-Hung directed this gory historical fantasy which relies on colorful visuals and bloody violence to carry its straightforward plot line. Mainland actor Zhang Fengyi stars as Tong Po-ka; who is captured by a group of soldiers along with his lover Yiu (Rosamund Kwan). Yiu is taken from Tong and he is charged with kidnapping; tortured; and finally has his eyelids sewn shut as punishment. When he is forced to battle several other prisoners to the death; Tong nevertheless emerges victorious and is renamed Tong Chop and given the task of chief assassin for the entire kingdom. 108 min. English subtitled.
