Yet for all Ashes' frustrations, it's still a gorgeous piece of filmmaking.
75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
New York PostV.A. Musetto
The film has all the visual flourishes we expect of Doyle and Wong, and they're reason enough to see Ashes of Time Redux. Just don't expect to make sense of the plot.
75
San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle
Elliptical, sweeping, lovely and thoroughly confusing.
60
New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
Only in its final scenes do the usual WKW themes emerge in full bloom, but purists shouldn't miss it.
50
The Hollywood Reporter
The Hollywood Reporter
Martial-arts lovers may find it too arty, and art-film lovers, Wong's international fan base, may find it too generic and too violent.
50
VarietyDerek Elley
VarietyDerek Elley
The temptation of artists to fiddle with their earlier works brings predictably mixed results in Ashes of Time: Redux.