The Promise (2005)

The theatrical trailer is wonderful, but in reality The Promise is a mess. It’s as if some fool let Stephen Chow make another film, hired Zhang Yimou’s cinematographer to make it look fantastic and then handed the result to some first year film students to cock up in Photoshop. It’s a fairytale kung fu romance that could've been really engaging but isn't.
The western release is cut by almost twenty minutes. Good. That meant it was over sooner.

1½ wigs that aren't fooling anybody out of 5