Namely, it’s based on a wickedly thick text about 108 heroes and their various adventures.
For this article, I wanted to dig into the film to see just how it attempts, accomplishes, or falters in this regard.Īt the start, The Water Margin already has a lot of things going against it. The Water Margin suffers slightly from the wicked double-bladed sword of attempting to be adapt a widely loved novel and maintaining the epic tone without sacrificing its ability to be consumed easily by the masses, but for the most part it handles it remarkably well. And it only covers chapters 64 through 68 of the epic novel that it’s based on. In my most recent viewing of the film, it’s easy to see why many fans see it as flawed when it takes many of the more treasured aspects of the studio style and slightly tweaks them, but it’s a film that is so ambitious that its ability to navigate the many pitfalls of its concept is impressive and admirable nonetheless. The response to the film though can be a bit more mixed than expected, particularly when the film features such a robust cast and crew of wildly beloved people from the studio. Whether it was under the title The Water Margin, Seven Blows of the Dragon, or Outlaws of the Marsh this film has certainly generated a strong reputation as one of the most ambitious pieces of cinema in the Shaw Brothers catalog.
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