True Legend is a splendid martial arts film brilliantly acted and splendidly staged and with a wonderful script. However, the plot and setting is interesting, afterall it is set in 19th century China, with plots of betrayal, loss and forgiveness through General Su portrayed by Vincent Zhao. Zhao’s product is a dynamic ‘some-thing’ as well as an interesting show; about Su, and his attempts to make sense of the latest personal setback as he struggles to get his life together for him.
It is also a movie about honour, sacrifice and the cost one has to pay for what he did and it takes the character not just a simple hero. Yuen Woo’s direction for all the fights looks like a tight poetic drama supported by the traditional and modified Music Scores. True, “True Legend” has these great flashes, but some of the scenes are as slow as to ruin the spirit of the film. Nevertheless, such moments create the possibility to overemphasis the dramatic aspect of Su’s voyage when the pictorial element resumes its dominant position.
In total, ‘True Legend’ was one of the series’ most humane portrayals of the spirit of man, and those who watch the movie with bated anticipation, will sooner or later like to face their own battles bravely. Every fan of the martial arts cinema and any person desiring to watch a picture that will affect the viewer on the personal level cannot dream of missing it.
