#Hidden blade movie#

It serves propaganda only in the way that the average war movie might glorify the homeland - think Top Gun: Maverick. Several wrote it off as a propaganda film.īut Hidden Blade, from writer-director Cheng Er, deserves a much better critical assessment than this. Other outlets that bothered to review it did so poorly, with multiple reviewers unable to tell cast members apart from one another (!), a handful misunderstanding and misstating the plot, one reviewer dismissing the entire cast apart from Leung. The New York Times gave it a kind but mixed capsule review. Hidden Blade has gone largely unnoticed in mainstream US media, usually getting name-checked as the legendary Tony Leung’s latest film. I have never wanted to look at anything more in my life. In the pause, tension and dark purpose coil in his jawline, his shoulders, in every flick of his wrist. But this is Wang Yibo, star of The Untamed and Street Dance of China, former K-pop idol, sometime motorcycle racer, multitalented polymath, and multinational heartthrob. With a lesser actor, this would feel excessive, showy it would flatten the moment. We watch him, wreathed in smoke, take his time. We wait for him to look at his reflection. We wait for him to light a cigarette, take a drag, then another. Wait, please.Īnd then we all - the character he’s talking to, the camera, the film score, the audience, the movie - slow down and wait. “Matte kudasai,” Wang Yibo, playing the canny, careful Secretary Ye, says in silky Japanese. Release tension in string to lock it into whatever mode it is in! The key catches underneath to keep it open, and pushes against the blade to keep it firmly still when closed.Toward the end of Hidden Blade (无名), the arty Chinese World War II spy thriller that has now reached US cinemas, everything comes to a halt. To open or close blade, pull on string and hold the blade either up or down, or fling it open / shut. Tune the length of the string so that the hidden blade operates as you like! Have the string attach onto a ring that goes on one of your fingers (tie it to the ring). Ok, I also lied, there is one small step left.Īttach rubber band over the cotter pin (look at finished pictures) of the key.Īlso, tie a string (I used kevlar thread, use whatever you want) to that loop on the key's cotter pin. Then bend the ends of the cotter pin so it can NEVER get out :)

Well, it simply goes right through those holes of the L-bracket. You should have one cotter pin left over, right? You DO have to follow these instructions.įit the two wide sliders together as shown in picture 5. Then fold and crimp the L-bracket on the bottom over the bolt head. Hold the 'key' in place and hold the previous step along with this step in place too while you carefully push a small bolt through the holes (all the way through the key's L-bracket holes) and attach a nut from the key's side. Grab two more L-brackets and fold them over themselves. I'll tell you when to listen again for real. They don't do anything, but if you want to know how I made mine exactly, then read. Last step!!! Woot! (I never thought I would ever type that)Įven better, half this step is optional!!!