The Blade (1995) ****

This violent and gory swordpic about revenge is one of Tsui Hark's best films. Relentlessly kinetic, the film rejects standard heroic formulas in favour of existential despair and nihilism. Made as a response to Wong Kar-Wai's "Ashes Of Time", it's a orgy of hysterical camera movement, vivid homoeroticism and bloody mayhem. The artiest gorefest or the goriest artflick, your pick.