Because if they all attacked at once, as “Mad” magazine put it many years ago, “They’d beat his brains out.”īut Xu Haiofeng’s film delves deeply into tradition - who’s got tradition, who wants to continue tradition, who does and does not deserve to continue tradition - so for it to adhere to tradition in cinematic ways is hardly surprising, and ultimately a comfort. ![]() ![]() ![]() Except for one quick, brutal, and negligible scene early on, “The Final Master” abides by that most sacred of martial arts film shibboleths: The challengers must attack the Master one at a time.
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