Wonderful character development!

Plenty to Like, Plenty to Dislike

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

I can't believe anyone could actually like this rubbish.Picture and sound quality make it look like a 1930's b-movie and that goes for the acting as well.The story such as it is could have been written be a scriptwriter from the teletubbies and going by the dialogue it was.The fight scenes move so quick you don't know whats going on half the time and the sound effects of the swords sound like someone pulling a zip up and down and as for the final 10 minutes were it turns into a comedy horror,well the least said the better.A truly awful movie.

I saw this movie once as a 15 year old kid during a holiday in Hong Kong. Still, I will never forget the feeling I had then: absolutely stunning, the guys at school should see this, the best I've ever seen, there's nothing in the world that can beat this one. And after all these years, I haven't seen anything that reached the level of New Dragon Inn and gave me that wonderful, heart pounding feeling. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and Hero are okay, but absolutely not comparable with this real Hong Kong martial arts classic. New Dragon Inn is absolutely on the list the next time I go to Hong Kong (I only want the original Cantonese version). There are a lot of people who won't understand the feeling a good martial arts movie can give you, but that doesn't matter. I know it's Hong Kong's no. 1 in the kung fu category. Absolutely.

Everybody loves "Crouching Tiger", but this movie made more than 10 years ago is a much better martial arts movie. Instead of trying to be everything like "Crouching Tiger" did, it was just designed and implemented as a martial arts movie, and nothing else. This focus made it great to begin with. In addition to a stellar cast, great action scenes, its plot is solid and intriguing. The final fight is one of the greatest martial arts scenes ever made, especially to those who grew up reading Chinese martial arts novels. It is interesting that those who have a problem with the imagination of Chinese martial arts movies do not have any issue with that of "Matrix". In fact, the logic is very similar. "Matrix": with hi-tech, everything is possible, including dodging bullets; Chinese martial arts movies: with kongfu, everything is possible, including running on the roof. Having said that, I understand that those who have never read Chinese martial arts novels may have trouble with some of the scenes, especially if you are trying to find medical evidence to verify the possibility of some moves. However, this is just a movie based on a novel, so why don't you just relax and enjoy?

When I saw this in my local video store, I new I had to have it for two reasons. 1, because my favirote martial artist Donnie Yen (Highlander Endgame, Iron Monkey) was in it and 2, because it involved swords.Seeing Donnie Yen's work in the likes of Highlander Endgame and Iron Monkey, I was curious to see this movie. I was slightly disappointed that Donnie Yen wasn't in this movie much, apart from start and the rather bizarre fight scene towards the end of the movie.Overall, New Dragon Gate Inn is a great movie, but there are better martial arts movies out there.8/10