Sentences with word «xia»

However, here he displays an almost unchartable improvement, creating an old fashioned wu xia action drama that both acknowledges and honours Tsui Hark's excellent Once Upon A Time In China series, while also feeling incredibly fresh.

Combining a period drama, police procedural and raucous wu - xia action, this superbly made Chinese thriller grabs our attention from the outrageous opening scene and never lets up.

If you understand Chinese, his exact words are: 千里之行 始於足下 (Qian li zhi xing, shi yu zu xia).

It's the most visually unique take on wu xia since Zhang YImou's Hero — a bold reminder that you should never judge something by its appearance.

Perhaps the most explicitly in dialogue with film history of all his works thus far, the film will read as a much - needed strike of lightning to wu xia for connoisseurs of the genre and a feature - length TV spot for others.

It's an indisputable fact that Hou Hsiao - hsien's first wu xia movie The Assassin is an exquisitely beautiful film.

The director, one of China's most respected visual artists after his stunning work on crossover hit wu xia films like House of Flying Daggers and Hero, is no stranger to over-the-top stylization.

I «zao xia - ed» (I don't know if that's the correct spelling, but there it is).

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Big Trouble in Little China is a far more enjoyable mash - up of classic Westerns, Saturday - morning serials, and Chinese wu xia than any of the Indiana Jones movies, with Kurt Russell in full bloom as Carpenter's de rigueur hard - drinkin», hard - gamblin», wise - crackin» loner hero — a bowling - alley John Wayne.