Name: Reign of Assassin

Producer: John Woo, Terence Chang

Director: Su Cho-pin

Review:

An assassin organization was chasing after a mummified body of a legendary monk, which was rumored to possess the power of regeneration. One of the assassins took the body and run away from the organization. After slain her beloved man, she determined to change her identity and start a new life, but fate was never shaken away that easily…

Narrative:

Linear with flash backs of memories.

Theme:

The major themes of the movie are people’s greed, fate, love, changes, and assassin’s pitiful life.

Motif:

Greed: the body of the monk.

Fate: people that the protagonist encountered, the unchangeable truth of her identity as an assassin, philosophy of Buddhism.

Love: rain and tea house.

Changes: the surgery the protagonist took.

Pitiful life of assassins: life of magician and noodle maker, swords and sword skills.

Deep Level:

Reveals the greediness of man and the desire of making change in their life, yet the fate is not up to us to determine. The past will always come up to you if you don’t have all your affinity cut off.