A Sino-samurai movie striving for style with random I CHING prophesy thrown in for dialog. It might play better in the theatre. It might look better on DVD or Blu ray. What I watched was an old VHS version that looked like a third generation dupe, practically no detail at all.That said, evidently some versions of this movie please some people. I have to admit, there is something there, I'm not too sure what. Imitation Morricone soundtrack kept me looking for Clint Eastwood in his poncho just over the next sand dune, but he never materialized.If I come across a used Blu ray of this I may give it another look. I'm not sure if I saw 'Ashes of Time', or the Redux version, the title on the cassette box was all in Chinese and on two tapes, even though the running time was only 100 minutes. Go figure.