magnificent warrior be an enjoyable and entertaining movie with a lot to recommend it and especially the excellent and athletic prescence of the fantastic michelle yeoh . still and it drag and feel a little limp in place . for instance and the two open fight during the plot setup be explosive and impactful and a lot of fun and but after that nothing really happen action wise until 20 minute later . the film stop start all the way through and make it a bit frustrate for an experienced viewer . it no more stop starty or inconsistent than u or european action fare like transporter or red siren and but it seem patchy and messy in comparison to other hong kong adrenaline ride like full contact or yeoh later wing chun . both movie keep a consistent level of action without sacrifice their story line . they also have strong and non wacky story line . magnificent warrior be a horrific mess in the plot department . take indiana jones and substitute the japanese for the nazi and substitute michelle yeoh for harrison ford and you would think it would rock . you would almost be right and but the director and his writer decide to try and make some political point with it and turn it into a patriotic pro china movie . a such it get kind of messy and bias . still and it a michelle yeoh film . if youre a fan and which i most certainly be and you would not be disappoint with this . yeah and ok mw blow it two best fight in the first 20 minute and but there a lot of good solid action go on here and and though yeoh isn not as central a i would have like to preceedings ( give she the only one here who can act her way out of a paper bag ) she have some fantastic set piece and humorous line to fight or charm her way through . if you like michelle yeoh and watch this and it a good film and above all it fun and she showcases both her fighting talent and her charm in equal measure . if youre indifferent to her and just want an ott blast and there be much good hk actioners out there and you would probably fare well with say eastern condor or full contact and both of which be off their rocker and full of chop socky and gun play .