Shadow
Overview
Chinese director Zhang Yimou's epic wuxia film draws inspiration for its bi-chromatic palette from the yin-and-yang symbol and Chinese ink-brush painting. During The Three Kingdoms (220–280 AD) era, a wounded military commander (Deng Chao) employs a doppelgänger (also portrayed by Deng) to replace him in public so that his kingdom betrays no sign of weakness.
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Details
- Format: 4K Blu-ray (With Blu-Ray, 4K Mastering, 2 Pack)
- Run Time: 116
- UPC: 810348030801
- Genre: ACTION / ADVENTURE
- Rating: Not Rated
- Release Date: August 2019
Movie Reviews
Reviews:
"[T]his an extravagant and exquisite visual tour de force with a plot that will take some time to sort out." - 05/02/2019 Los Angeles Times
"[T]he real star of the show here is the strikingly gorgeous, often almost bi-chrome visual universe, inspired by the tai chi diagram -- more commonly known in the West as yin-and-yang symbol..." - 09/06/2018 Hollywood Reporter
"Every supremely controlled stylistic element of Zhang Yimou’s breathtakingly beautiful SHADOW is an echo of another, a motif repeated, a pattern recurring in a fractionally different way each time." - 09/08/2018 Variety
3.5 stars out of 4 -- "[I]t's filled with so many remarkable images, particularly in its middle section, that fans of palace intrigue and metaphorically ripe violence will find plenty to like." - 05/03/2019 RogerEbert.com
"[With] breathtaking visuals, which are on par with the heightened fairytale aesthetics of Yimou’s celebrated mid-’00s wuxia epics." - 05/02/2019 A.V. Club
"[A] martial-arts movie landmark, as strong in its performances as it is spectacularly novel in its violence." - 05/02/2019 New York Times
3 stars out of 5 -- "With its tale of doubles and derring-do and the damage that can be done with a blade, it owes as much to Alexandre Dumas as it does ancient folklore." - 05/02/2019 Rolling Stone
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