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Same old in Ashes of Time Redux
11 September 2008
Wong Kar-Wei’s re-editing of his 1994 try at the wu-xia martial arts genre doesn’t make the film very different. It is still a rather melancholy variant in which the swordplay scenes are of secondary importance to the triptych of tales with voiceover narration and copious flashbacks.
The great cast and superb cinematography from Australian Chris Doyle add to the sense that action is secondary to something much more spectacular in the way of physical splendour and emotional force, even if the plot is virtually incomprehensible
Ashes Of Time Redux
Cert: 15
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