Christmas and martial arts movies?
But amazing fights in the snow?
Now we’re in business…
This article originally appeared onDen of Geek UK.
Each fighter he faces has a different festive weapon (e.g.
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Ice to knee you?
To knee you, ice!
Truly some of the maddest, most risky stunt work ever committed to film.
Without wishing to spoil the story (much of which takes place in appropriately inclement weather!
), theres one absolutely fantastic Ziyi snow fight in a station.
This is gorgeously lit, impeccably choreographed stuff.
When its star Tatsuya Nakadai saw it again at a recent screening, he exclaimed What a terrifying film!
If you’re free to call it an end, that is.
but this only makes it a more abstract, unnerving experience.
Mifunes performance is as graceful and cold as the weather surrounding it.
It also ends on a genuinely shocking twist.
But what makes it one of the most impressive snow fights is that it was all a happy accident.
Most of the film was shot in Ukraine and the weather there was unpredictable.
but the choreography and photography create something truly special from their suffering.
Sounds great, huh?
As rich in symbolism as it is in baroque ultraviolence, this is atmospheric combat at its finest.
