The in-laws are visiting us in New Zealand and Dad loves Chinese period drama and martial art movie. He was in awe with The Civic building, where this movie was playing so I decided to buy them tickets to The Assassins, thinking that he might be able to explore The Civic and enjoy a movie in mandarin.
When they came home that night, he told me how marvellous The Civic theatre was. Unfortunately, the movie was terribly long, slow and badly directed. He couldn't even understand the spoken mandarin even though he was well versed in it.
The goat scene was the most puzzling part for him, and he fell asleep a few times.
I'm glad he enjoyed the Civic, but I'd advise from watching this movie if someone like my Dad couldn't go through with it.
When they came home that night, he told me how marvellous The Civic theatre was. Unfortunately, the movie was terribly long, slow and badly directed. He couldn't even understand the spoken mandarin even though he was well versed in it.
The goat scene was the most puzzling part for him, and he fell asleep a few times.
I'm glad he enjoyed the Civic, but I'd advise from watching this movie if someone like my Dad couldn't go through with it.