The read
Audiences rate it 30 points higher than critics do. Most of the 4,573 2010s comedy movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
A tale of revenge, honor and greed follows a group of misfits that gets involved with a kitchen cleaver made from the top five swords of the martial arts world in this wild and brash action comedy.
Ratings
IMDb5.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes46%
Metacritic25/100
Audiences rate it 30 points higher than critics do.
34 audience votes
Key crew
- Zhang JiajiaScreenplay
- WuershanDirector
- An ChangheWriter
- WuershanWriter
Cast
- Masanobu AndoThe Mute
- Zhang YuqiMadame Mei
- Liu Xiao-YeChopper
- Han PengyiChunge
- Dong Li-FanHouse of a Thousand Flowers Manager
- Gao LeiFlautist
- Liu XuTroupe Leader
- SenggerenqinBig Beard
- An Yun-ChengHouse of a Thousand Flowers Patron
- Mi DanBig Eight Chef
- Xie NingEunuch Liu
- Hou XiangLittle Melon
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Themes
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