Welcome to another in our continuing series of Hong Kong kung-fu classics: The Bride with White Hair. It features Leslie Cheung as the sensitive, rebellious Wu Tang clan heir. Lost in the woods as a child, he is saved from wolves by a mysterious Wolf Girl, who grows up to be a notorious witch (Brigitte Lin), allied with the Northern tribes and their evil cult, called the Evil Cult. The Evil Cult is led by a decadent brother and sister pair of sorcerer, Siamese twins conjoined at the back. Wu Tang boy and Wolf girl fall in love, although they belong to enemy factions.
So we have lots of wirework action, sorcery, wild sets, haunting photography, kinky sex, and rather confusing plotting. I wanted to call on ODB, Ghostface Killah or some other member of the modern Wu Tangs for an explanation several times. I've gotten used to that in this type of movie, though.
But I still didn't like the occasional cheesiness of the look. Maybe it was the DVD transfer, but some of the day-for-night wirework scenes looked almost made-for-tv. Furthermore, the melodrama often got in the way of the action. I guess the exact mix of overwrought emotion and ass-kickery is a matter of taste.
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