"Sword Rain" is an excellent martial arts film from 2010, starring Yang Ziqiong, co-directed by Wu Yusen and Su Zhaobin, "Sword Rain" presents the most action martial arts charm, and the story content itself is also very good, because it focuses on the characters, rather than the flashy emotional entanglements like other similar films.
Yang Ziqiong plays Zeng Jing, who lives a quiet life selling cloth in a small town, but was once a powerful killer in the assassination organization BlackStone. In a brief opening action clip, the equally beautiful Lin Xilei plays Zeng Jing during the plastic surgery, who won the remains of the Tianzhu high monk Rama Ancestor, which is said to have a supreme mystery, as long as you get the body, you can practice the supreme divine skill and dominate the martial arts. On the way back to the organization, she was enlightened by the monk and decided to put down the butcher knife and stay away from all the killing.
A few years later, Ms. Tseng marries Kang A-sang (played by South Korean actor Jung Woo-sung), a likable nerd who doesn't seem to be the smartest person around him, but is also a handsome young man. The chemical reaction between Zheng Yusheng and Yang Ziqiong makes their feelings in the movie more real. Jiang Asheng knows nothing about his wife's past, while Zeng Jing uses her wisdom and beauty to distract her lover, the current husband, from asking him not to ask too many questions.
The first part is the heroine played by Lin Xilei and the identity of Zeng Jing as a married woman. But then, the members of Blackstone discover her location, and more beautiful, ballet-like movements and martial arts chaos ensued, and Zeng Jing and Jiang Asheng gave more room for attention to speculate, because the action choreography is otherworldly, and if you care about the character, they will have a greater impact. Even all of Blackstone's main followers have their backstories, and watching how everything unfolds is both fun and exciting.
In addition, Ye Xiaoqing, played by Big S Xu Xiyuan, is also a highlight of the play. Ye Is a young female killer of Blackstone, and as a gifted killer, she is accustomed to getting what she wants through deception and charming appearance. There is a clip where she tries to seduce Zeng Jing's husband, and the ending of this scene is inevitably somewhat funny and unexpected.
If you've seen movies like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hero, the action scenes in the movie itself are pretty good, but nothing special. It's a fun way to keep the action dynamic without having to switch quickly but end up being cool using stop-frames instead of just slow-motion shots.
In addition, the soundtrack throughout the film is engaging, with typical moody music and percussion, and is well represented in the film, and even in later battle scenes, the improvisation of the electric guitar does not seem out of place.
The role played by Yang Ziqiong has both emotional depth and can make people see her superb acting skills, her chemical reaction with Zheng Yusheng is both interesting and believable, and the action scenes are very good from beginning to end. "Sword Rain" does not rely on grand historical tragedy, so the core story of the film does not feel clumsy, it is also one of the best martial arts films in recent years, and its great entertainment value and excellent characters make it worth watching.