A sinful martial arts expert wants to start a new tranquil life, only to be hunted by a determined detective and his former master.
Acting
Donnie Yen's trembling restraint breaks your heart.
Direction
Peter Chan merges wuxia with detective noir seamlessly.
Cinematography
Jake Pollock's rural China looks like a fading memory.
Director
Peter Chan Ho-Sun
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jimmy Wang Yu, playing The Master, was the original One-Armed Swordsman (1967)—a meta-nod to wuxia royalty passing the torch.
The film reimagines the 1967 classic 'One-Armed Swordsman' through trauma-psychology lens—every fight is Liu Jinxi's repressed self breaking containment.
CN
HK
