Dragon Gate Inn (1967)
The first eunuch of the emperor has managed to have a major opponent condemned to death and his family banished from the empire. In order to avoid a revenge of his victims, the eunuch sends his secret police to assassinate the deportees. The ambush is to be carried out at the inn of the Dragon Gate, an isolated place close to the border. The original plan of the secret agents is upset as several unexpected travelers - who prove to be master fencers - arrive at the inn. (IMDB)
AKA: Dragon Inn, Long men kezhan
Country: Taiwan
Directed By: King Hu
Written By: King Hu
Starring: Chun Shih, Tien Miao, Ying-Chieh Han, Ying Bai, Lingfeng Shangguan, Chien Tsao, Xue Han
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1. Criterion Collection (public: moderated by caffe - 134 stars)
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| Oct 18 | julesfmb | 65 54% |
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MSoprano | 75 70% |
| Jul 02 | Herna | 85 63% |
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| Jun 18 | Grandaddy | 70 61% |
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| May 27 |  |
skap | 75 45% |
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This is certainly much much better than the average action-adventure bullshit from the 60s. There is not much fighting in fact, but a lot of Tarantino-like dialogue and script driven tension. But the ending disappointed me greatly, otherwise I would give it a higher score.
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| May 09 | gtpalmer | 7 70% |
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| May 01 | John Milton | 50 13% |
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| Apr 20 |  |
ssavage | 70 50% |
| Apr 10 | mate_cosido | 90 89% |
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| Mar 30 |  |
Archeologian | 85 93% |
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Sure takes its sweet time getting to the point, but the journey is thoroughly worthwhile. The story slackens, but each scene is quickly paced and superbly directed, making economical use of neat editing and cinematographic tricks to communicate. The story, not uncommon in martial arts films, becomes a suitable vessel for visual/dramatic ideas. End is fantastic.
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| Mar 20 | apsays | 67 60% |
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| Mar 09 |  |
scott.mcc | 80 86% |
| Feb 12 |  |
gwynplaine | 90 83% |
| Feb 07 |  |
RYM-byrates | 72 85% |
| Jan 21 |  |
elmakebabi | 65 47% |
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Not as good as I expected.
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| Dec 20, 2017 | Systematicer | 80 87% |
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| Dec 10, 2017 |  |
CloseFriend | 78 70% |
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In an endless sea of martial arts films, this one stands out for its masterful use of tension. It feels like a Tarantino film... because Tarantino probably lifted a thing or two from Dragon Inn. This one doesn't have as much martial arts action as one might expect, but the story and the way King Hu tells it makes it feel like a western, and that more than makes up for it.
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| Nov 29, 2017 | Cocoa | 50 26% |
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| Nov 17, 2017 | FancyMike | 5 88% |
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| Nov 08, 2017 | 10kfilms | 80 76% |
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roujin | 70 78% |
| Dec 30, 2016 | KingDe3 | 4 65% |
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| Dec 18, 2016 | Tazurel | 91 88% |
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| Nov 22, 2016 | jerrywarton | 75 85% |
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Nroo | 85 90% |
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| May 20, 2016 | filmcricket | 99 99% |
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| Apr 14, 2016 | BPlatt | 89 85% |
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pmcinern | 90 87% |
| Mar 27, 2016 |  |
EmeraldGuard | 80 57% |
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Fantastical martial saga set during China's Ming dynasty. As a Westerner new to this genre I found it quite interesting. Some noticeable influences from Sergio Leone / Ennio Morricone. Not much character development or the greatest action scenes, but colorful, atmospheric (thanks in large part to the intense soundtrack), and, overall, entertaining.
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| Mar 06, 2016 | Jjitsu | 85 57% |
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ZapperLife | 67 75% |
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Niska | 46 86% |
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jeff_v | 71 67% |
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PeaceAnarchy | 87 87% |
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Top notch wuxia with a good, though underdeveloped, setting and characters, very entertaining fights and very good cinematography.
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| Jun 27, 2015 |  |
eCitizen | 30 21% |
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Not much to enjoy except a few sword fights. Full of idiotic nonsense, such as catching a knife thrown using chopsticks, deflecting arrows with a paper umbrella, felling a tree with a single swipe of a sword and other insults to our intelligence. Still they keep offering up sword fights hoping something will satisfy, and admittedly a few are worth watching. The rest is tedious terrible acting, dumb dialog, stupid flying, daffy humor, ridiculous sound effects and truly obnoxious music.
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| May 29, 2015 |  |
fabiovisnadi | 92 85% |
| Mar 15, 2015 |  |
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The plot is completely out of balance but provides a decent context to all the carnage. All the fight scenes are varying levels of greatness with the intensity ramping up steadily to a superb finale. Creative use of environment and landscapes to flesh out the drama of battle. The beautiful yet brutal fights almost gain a strange metaphysical aspect with fluid & deceptive editing. Overall a brilliant martial hero flick that's aged like a fine wine.
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| Feb 15, 2015 | SirTeaBag | 6 30% |
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| Nov 20, 2014 | tommy_leazaq | 77 93% |
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avgcrtckr | 72 91% |
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filmaffinity | 67 69% |
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yesistasty | 28 1% |
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Holy shit this movie was fucking interminable. Why the fuck should I have cared about any of that? Very rare that a movie gets such a rise out of me; I consider boring movies to be nigh unforgivable. Seriously, how the fuck do you justify making a boring action movie? What a damn waste of time. A few nice shots though.
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loc42 | 65 47% |
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Tostadora | 44 12% |
| Aug 12, 2008 |  |
joseywales | 88 95% |
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At some points I thought I was watching a Chinese Sergio Leone movie -- the influence is definitely there. I loved the isolation of the Dragon Gate Inn itself but I would have liked some of the characters to be more fleshed out.
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| Jul 19, 2008 |  |
Matthew | 100 97% |
| Average Percentile 66.42% from 131 Ratings |  |
