Wonderful Pictures, great Martial Arts, ridiculous dialogues.

Where stoicism meets savagery, and honor me clashes with vengeance, "The Swordsman" finds its footing in familiar territory, delivering a satisfyingly okay experience. This cliche is acceptable.

Great scenery, good fight scenes although the one with the gun men was absurd. Jang hyuk seemed lackluster as the lead although, again, the fight scenes were fine. Joe Taslim was great.

Lots of unimportant dialogue and scenes. From the start, I immediately remembered the Rurouni Kenshin film—very similar—the story and fighting aspects look similar. The point is the Korean version of Rurouni Kenshin. The jumps in the story are very confusing even though they are watched from the beginning. Quite surprised by the plot twist, unfortunately it doesn't have any effect on the story.