Monday, December 14, 2009

Fire Dragon 火雲傳奇

Released Year: 1994
Directed by 袁和平 Yuen Ho-Ping

Casted by:
林青霞 Bridget Lin as 火雲邪神 / 映霞 Fire Dragon / Xia
莫少聪 Max Mok as 玄明 Xuan Ming
吳君如 Sandra Ng as 鄧莲如 Ru
單立文 Pal Sinn as 六王爺 6th Ye
叶全真 Yip Quan Zhen as 雪 Snow
Story:
The 6th Ye is trying to betray the emperor by liaising with the foreigners to get the emperor's place. He has 2 girls working for him which is Xia the Fire Dragon and Snow. Xia has always been working for the 6th Ye but her status was being threatened by Snow.

Once, Xia was given a task to grab back a secret letter which is the evidence of the 6th Ye to betray the emperor, therefore she met Xuan who is protecting the letter. They fight against each other but in the end both was trap to stay in a performance house lead by Ru. Ru was fascinating about having Xuan for herself. All of them was having a good time when Snow came by and killed innocent couple.

Xia began to wonder what's her life is. She hates fighting and she planned to defeat the 6th Ye. After mistakenly killing Snow, Xia and Xuan went to fight with the 6th Ye, but in the end, Xia sacrificed herself and explode herself with the 6th Ye together.

L² Scored: 6/10

L² Comment:
A little bit different from the original novel, but basically its still good in 1994. A lot of exploding scene which is quite costly for this film. And Bridget Lin still looks glamorous.

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