Sword Master

Sword Master follows a renowned swordsman known as the Third Master, who has grown tired of the bloodshed surrounding the martial arts world. He fakes his own death and disappears into a quiet, unremarkable life on the margins of society, taking work in a brothel under the name Ah Chi while leaving behind his former fiancée. His past does not stay buried for long. A rival swordsman determined to prove himself against the man he considers unbeatable sets out to find him, convinced the Third Master is still alive, while the woman he abandoned seeks revenge and works to draw him out of hiding. To find peace, he must take up his sword again.

The film is directed by Derek Yee Tung-Sing, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Tsui Hark and Tin-Nam Chun; Tsui Hark produced. It is Yee's fifth directorial feature, following Protégé, Shinjuku Incident, Triple Tap and The Great Magician. Lin Gengxin plays the Third Master, with Jiang Mengjie, Jiang Yiyan, Peter Ho, Norman Chui Siu-Keung and Ma Jingjing among a credited cast of forty-five. Released in December 2016, it runs 108 minutes.

On IMDb the film holds a rating of 6 out of 10 from around 2,700 votes, and on TMDB it stands at 6.4 out of 10 from roughly 137 votes. A critics' rating of 5.4 out of 10 from twelve reviews places it below both audience measures.