100
Metascore
5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsRogerEbert.comSimon AbramsDragon Inn is a romantic action film, but it still feels modern thanks to Hu's strict focus on action. I don't just mean the film's relentless series of fight scenes. Hu's film is all about movement.
- 100Village VoiceLuke Y. ThompsonVillage VoiceLuke Y. ThompsonThe slow build of the action is deceptive, as at first the martial arts are all in the editing.
- 100Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniPhiladelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniIts historical influence aside, Dragon Inn delivers pure cinematic pleasure. I'm not sure it can be overpraised.
- 100Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleA director in command of everything from the watchful eyes of his actors, to the beauty of a misty morning light, to the heart-stopping vectors of arrows and swords bursting across a widescreen frame, Hu creates cinema that's the definition of kineticism.
- 80EmpireDavid ParkinsonEmpireDavid ParkinsonThis 1967 Ming Dynasty epic may lack plot complexity and period spectacle. But the stand-off in a remote inn is flecked with tension, wit and slick martial artistry.