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  • 2023
  • Well Go USA Entertainment
  • 2 h 8 m
  • 2023
  • Well Go USA Entertainment
  • 2 h 8 m

Summary During World War II, at the height of China’s war of resistance against Japan, a group of courageous citizens develops a top-secret underground espionage network right under the nose of the newly established puppet regime. At increasingly great peril to their own lives, the double-agents masterfully extract classified information from de...

Directed By: Er Cheng

Written By: Er Cheng

  • 2023
  • Well Go USA Entertainment
  • 2 h 8 m
  • 2023
  • Well Go USA Entertainment
  • 2 h 8 m

Hidden Blade

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
59
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
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Summary During World War II, at the height of China’s war of resistance against Japan, a group of courageous citizens develops a top-secret underground espionage network right under the nose of the newly established puppet regime. At increasingly great peril to their own lives, the double-agents masterfully extract classified information from de...

Directed By: Er Cheng

Written By: Er Cheng

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
59
43% Positive
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57% Mixed
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0% Negative
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57% Mixed
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90
Mar 10, 2023
Yibo’s performance seals Hidden Blade’s status as an unexpected pleasure. Once finally assembled, its cinematic intricacies yield infinite rewards.
By Alex Abad-Santos FULL REVIEW
77
Feb 21, 2023
While China’s propaganda department made sure the film was imbued with a definitive moral, there’s a subtle pleasure in a spy story otherwise intoxicated with its own smokescreen.
By Jacob Oller FULL REVIEW
63
Feb 16, 2023
I found the whole “Hidden Blade” rather less satisfying than its individual component parts. The many characters, myriad plot points and points of view and added complications with the narrative timeline clutter things up. But scene after immaculately-realized, quietly-menacing scene pays off.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
60
Jul 21, 2023
The bluntness keeps the film from approaching greatness, although history buffs and genre fans might appreciate a World War II story told from a unique, non-Western perspective.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
60
Feb 16, 2023
However crisp and stylishly executed, the parts don’t quite add up to a satisfying whole.
By Austin Considine FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 17, 2023
These episodic sketches immediately feel monotonous since the plot isn't arranged in chronological or sequential order; leaps in time from 1945 back to 1941 and then forward to eventually 1944 are a distracting overcompensation for an otherwise lifeless chain of impersonal betrayals, cold-blooded murders, and unbelievable moping from all involved.
By Simon Abrams FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 15, 2023
While it is imminently watchable, it’s a movie that consists of mostly people sitting at tables with fantastic period clothing plotting and scheming, but sometimes barely moving at all.
By G. Allen Johnson FULL REVIEW

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8.0
63% Positive
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Production Company Bona Film Group, Cutting Edge Pictures
Release Date Feb 17, 2023
Duration 2 h 8 m
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Website https://weibo.com/u/7723340822
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Awards

Macau International Movie Festival
• 2 Wins & 10 Nominations
Golden Rooster Awards
• 3 Wins & 8 Nominations
Shanghai International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 6 Nominations

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