The Swordsman II is a very compelling movie that defies and crosses the norm of the usual martial arts movie. Its roots go back to traditional Chinese martial arts, but the cinematography and special effects are quit up to par with western films like the Matrix.
Ching Siu-teng uses excellent camera work and a well -crafted plot to carefully construct his film the Swordsman II. The overall plot and reasoning behind the film is quit similar to the western film the Matrix. The Dawn and his elite specialized team of martial artists are planning to take control of the world with the power of alchemy. Through mysticism and sacred texts the team can ignite supernatural powers allowing them to engage in warfare. These powers the characters posse, give them some kind of godliness over ordinary people. Everyone seems too oblivious to the powers of the Dawn. Their goal is to take control of the world we know and enslave the human race under the Dawn rule. Their sacred leader
The Swordsman II stresses the same idea as the Matrix does; everything is an illusion, and just because something goes against what we belief not to be true, in actuality may be very true. The characters of the picture use sacred knowledge and alchemy to perform specialized moves, where as in the Matrix the same idea is expressed.
The Matrix and the Swordsman II have many similarities in the context of the overall picture they convey. The Matrix is a science fiction thriller that bases some of its theories on things that affect our everyday life on this dimensional plan which we are trapped in. In the Matrix we humans are brainwashed slaves stuck in the system. We don’t know about the system so we walk around thinking everything we were taught must be right and the only thing that’s real is this reality; this reality, which we perceive, is really just an illusion that blinds us from the truth. The idea of stopping time or time control is introduced in the Matrix
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