Seven Swords

An epic martial arts movie made in Hong Kong. The movie is based on the popular novel The Seven Swordsmen From Mountain Tian by Liang Yu Sheng.

The story is set in a country filled with violence, China, in the 1600's. Manchurians has taken the throne and has started the Ching dynasty. The government has made a nationwode ban of practicing martial arts in order to try an obtain law & order.

Evil general Fire Wind (Sun Hong Lei) seeks to profit from this situation by leading a squad of executioners through the country, killing anyone caught practicing martial arts, and collecting a bounty from the government for doing so. He heads directly for Martial Village, a small settlement that so far has managed to hold out against the Manchurians invading force, but has yet to encounter Fire Wind and his army.

The film have big names like Donnie Yen in it, wich we among others saw in one of the most talked about martial arts scenes with Jet Li in Once Upon A Time In China 2.