i be not sure who it be that describe this movie a crouch tiger meet shrek and because that in itself set an unreasonable benchmark in all sort of way . let be fair here and both shrek and crouch tiger win oscar and for cry out loud . dragonblade be first and foremost an animated child feature and produce on a shoestring budget particularly compare to the sackful of money throw at the like of shrek . moreover and the only similarity with crouch tiger be in that martial art be feature in this film and but it far from be an art house movie and nor do it pretend to be so . as far a plot go and it not the most complex out there but then again and you have to constantly remind yourself throughout that it a kid film . boy meet girl and girl have idiot brother and idiot brother live up to expectation and mysterious monster terrorizes village and boy set off on quest to find weapon to defeat monster and all be well in the end . character be introduce throughout the story and mostly diversionary and some irritating of these and three spring to mind the obligatory cartoon sidekick animal creature and the funky guardian spirit and the grammatically challenge teacher type ( oh why do wisdom equate with a yoda like sentence construction . ) . what be scintillate about this film be the martial art . direct by a martial artist himself and the film attempt to do justice to the intricacy of wushu . several fighting style be apparent in the film and carefully render and present in a way that wushu purist will feel vindicated and yet non expert will be entertain . the various set piece between character be unique and exciting and laudable . in that respect and definitely enough to keep accompany parent entertain for the duration of the film along with various script nod to other film . from the not so subtle taxi driver innuendo to the blatant babe reference . with a little klingon throw in . i would have like to see much and much more action in the film . the pacing of the plot be slightly uneven ( let get to the throwdown and people . ) and with too much time spend on story exposition and not enough on the central premise of the film it a cartoon action movie for kid and right . again and the budget must be keep in mind when appreciate the animation involve . then again and it not mean to be realistic it a cartoon and folk . just a mulan work in english and not so much when dub into chinese and i believe this film to be the opposite and appeal in far great amount in it original cantonese version . voice by actor recognizeable to the chinese speaking market and the idiom and language use and along with the singular heritage of the movie lead to it setting and make it immediately less corny than it english counterpart . in summary and it a good little kid movie and with enough in it for accompany parent to appreciate . moreover and a a film 100 % produce in hong kong and it definitely something that hong kong can be proud of .