THE WARRIOR'S WAY-2010-In this surreal Martial Arts Western fable, Yang (Dong-gun Jang), a sword wielding assassin from Korea (with a baby) comes to the US and settles in a western town populated by circus performers including a clown, a bearded lady, a little person (Tony Cox) and a drunk (Geoffrey Rush who also narrates). He gets a job doing laundry and helps knife thrower Kate Bosworth hone her craft. They both have unhappy flashbacks. When the town is visited by The Colonel (Danny Huston), a ruthless killer with a mask, Yang is forced to reveal himself and help the townsfolk battle him and his army.
Yang gets help from Rush's character who it turns out is actually a famous bank robbing gunslinger who gave up killing...until now. The all out climax is great with several excellent fight scenes.
The assassins who are after Yang kind of remind me of the ring wraiths in THE LORD OF THE RINGS series but then one of TWW's producers Barrie Osborne also produced the LORD OF THE RINGS series!
Lung Ti (also in John Woo's A BETTER TOMORROW) is Yang's former mentor. It was written and directed in Auckland New Zealand by first time director Sngmoo Lee, a Korean who studied at NYU. It did poorly at the box office but don't let that stop you from enjoying it!
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