Blades of the Guardians

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Dao Ma, the "second most wanted fugitive," who is entrusted by his benefactor, the chief of Mo family clan, to take on a mysterious escort mission-escorting the "most wanted fugitive," to Chang'an.

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Simon Abrams

RogerEbert.com

2d

3.5/4

The film stands out among Yuen Woo-Ping's best directorial credits thanks partly to its straight-ahead run-and-fight narrative as well as its focus on playful action, movie-star charisma, and pulpy melodrama.

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Simon Foster

Screen-Space (Substack)

6h

4.5/5

A wildly entertaining wuxia spectacle that imbues its characters - heroes and villain alike - with humour, depth and chemistry.

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John Lui

The Straits Times (Singapore)

1d

4/5

Elevated by Yuen's masterful action choreography, but hampered by an overcrowded cast that leaves character relationships frustratingly underdeveloped.

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Mike McGranaghan

Aisle Seat

1d

2/4

When the brutal, bloody action starts, the movie entertains. When it ends, the fun comes to a screeching halt.

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Casey Chong

Casey's Movie Mania

2d

3.5/5

Yuen Woo-Ping's much-anticipated return to the wuxia genre is a visceral martial arts mayhem.

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

2d

An exhilarating martial arts movie with thrilling action scenes.

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Job

3h

Great action and story not bad wonder if there’s going to be a part 2

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ToonBen

3h

Jet Li is back and still kicks ass in an awesome comeback of the Wuxia genre.

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Xing

3h

great marital arts and kung fu, it's a true Chinese action movie that's rarely seen nowadays.

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Harry

5h

Great action scenes, amazing fight choreography.

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Emma Hedge

8h

Excellent movie ! After sooo many years of green screen movies, this is the real art of kungfu!

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HAO

12h

All actions are extremely smooth and real. I enjoyed this movie a lot!

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Dao Ma, the "second most wanted fugitive," who is entrusted by his benefactor, the chief of Mo family clan, to take on a mysterious escort mission-escorting the "most wanted fugitive," to Chang'an.

Director: Woo-Ping Yuen
Screenwriter: Tai-lee Chan, Larry Yang, Yu Baimei, Chao-Bin Su
Distributor: Well Go USA Entertainment
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Chinese
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 17, 2026, Limited
Runtime: 2h 10m