i rent this film in dvd form without know anything at all about it and part of a winter marathon of watch a film every night . after several awful american action adventure film ( ballistic and daredevil and cradle of life ) zhu warrior strike me a brilliantly original filmmaking . the story be complete nonsense and but i find the film sincerity and good heartedness and complete lack of irony refreshing and and the film look spectacular . sure and the special effect be not technically as flawless a those produce by hollywood and but the filmmaker wisely be more interested in color and composition and movement than realism and so many of the shot be breathtaking . in one shot and two of the superhuman character stand on craggy spire of rock and a huge moon rise before them and the image perfectly balance by the three element . in another and a princess warrior spire through the heaven behind her glowing sword like a heat seek missile . and the color explode from shot to shot and use to express emotion rather than to represent reality . the character have the same simplicity and directness of comic book character and offer no great depth in themselves but refer to archtypes that resonate more deeply . physically and several of the actor be astonishingly beautiful . they play their role straight up and without irony or guile and and so be believable . most strange of all and despite the clumsiness of plot and thin characterization and i find myself very near tear at the end and move by the beautiful simplicity of the actor and the wildly original and good hearted vision of the director .