I arrived to the movie with my own baggage, as well. I’ve heard a lot about The Brave Archer over the years everything from “It’s great” to “It’s awful,” and everything in between. This is a different sort of wuxia, unique from Chang’s previous genre-defining work or Chor Yuen’s genre-redefining films. It does not resolve in this film at all, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t have fun on the journey that The Brave Archer provides. It’s a great setup for the film, but don’t get too attached. The Taoist promises to monitor and train Yang Kang, and in 18 years’ time, they will all meet up to see which boy possesses the superior kung fu. In the wake of the skirmish, the Weird Seven, a group of powerful martial artists, take in Guo Jing and his mother, agreeing to raise the boy as their own.
Unfortunately, this happy opening quickly turns sour when Jin soldiers attack and kidnap Yang Kang and his mother.
They’ve sworn their newborn children to be blood brothers, and when a wandering Taoist visits, he names the boys - Yang Kang & Guo Jing - and inscribes their names onto small swords. Sometime during the Jin-Song wars, two heroes of the Song dynasty are living with their wives in a quiet corner of the world. Starring Alexander Fu Sheng, Tien Niu, Phillip Kwok Chun-Fung, Ku Feng, Ku Kuan-Chung, Johnny Wang Lung-Wei, Danny Lee, Li Yi-Min, Dick Wei, Lau Wai-Ling, Bruce Tong Yim-Chaan, Chu Jing, Yue Wing, Chan Shen, Fan Mei-Sheng, Suen Shu-Pau, Tsai Hung, Lam Fai-Wong, Lo Meng, Jamie Luk Kim-Ming, Lu Feng, Chiu Chung-Hing, Chow Git, Kara Hui, Yu Hoi-Lun, Wang Ching-Liang, Stephan Yip Tin-Hang, Lee Siu-WahĮxpectations: High.
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