This movie is so bad that I couldn't finish it. Believe me; I tried, suffering through an hour and 30 minutes of it. And even though there were only about 20 minutes of torture left, I just couldn't do that to myself. So this review isn't for the ending of the movie, which may have been the sweet ending to the very-sour beginning. I will never know.
As another reviewer mentioned, the editing of this film isn't very good. It terribly disrupts the flow of the story lines. Because of this, I simply couldn't "fall" into the plot and follow our protagonists along their journey.
When editing fails, the chemistry between the actors must pick up in order to make up for the audience investment. But don't expect that here. There was no chemistry between our star-crossed lovers, the Queen and the Bounty Hunter, making their romance unbelievable. And when that force of attraction isn't there to push the story along, the whole movie falls apart.
That isn't to discredit the acting. I thought the actress who played the Queen did a good job emoting depths of feelings, while the actor who played the Bounty Hunter was decent in his own right. Perhaps one should blame the casting director for putting two actors who didn't possess the magnetic pull towards each other into these roles.
As for the fight scenes? Less than mediocre. I always enjoy action, especially well-choreographed fight scenes. The ones in this film are far less than impressive. "Hit me here. Hit me there. I'll tumble here. And... we're done." I've been on a binge of South Korean movies lately, and I have been impressed by the acting, story lines, directing and editing for the most part. But The Sword with No Name is a stinker.
