My DVD box says this movie is "a film full of kung fu and love". I'll go with that because describing what this film is about is not so easy. While I am at odds trying to explain what this is about, I can honestly say I enjoy this a lot. Like many other wuxia(or swordsman films) the storyline is sporadic and constantly changing. This is quite normal for the genre and while much of the subtext can be lost in translation to western viewers like myself, I still found this to be entertaining regardless. Butterfly And Sword is a real beautiful and completely insane action packed martial arts/fantasy saga with an excellent cast that has Tony Leung, Michelle Yeoh, Joey Wang, Donnie Yen and Elvis Tsui. There are love triangles, eunuchs and vicious fighting among warring clans. The action is at an accelerated pace, choreographed with brutal efficiency with maintaining a sense of grace and beauty while our heroes rip through the bodies of evildoers with their superior kung fu skills. Butterfly And Sword may be a bit excessive for viewers that are not familiar with swordsman movies. However, for those more familiar with the genre will dig and appreciate this flick.

I brought this movie as a fan of Michelle Yeoh and Donnie Yen films. I was not disappointed. The choreography was reasonably good. The storyline was also good. Michelle Yeoh delivered an outstanding performance as usual. The comedy provided was also reasonable although not hysterically funny. I don't particularly enjoy seeing blood in films, this film provided enough of it (though not entirely realistic). I enjoy listening to Chinese songs, the theme tune at the end credits was well performed by Yeoh. My only criticism(s) are that the director Ching Siu-Tung could have taken care with the use of camera angles; the shots in some of the fight scenes seemed almost entirely random, the user becomes confused during the fight scenes. Furthermore, when I watched the end of this film, it seemed to end suddenly without even a proper ending...what happened as soon as Yeoh turned her back to the screen?

You all don't really understand the synopsis of the movie, but the movie would tell right there what it's about. Michelle Yeoh looked very creative in this movie, she was really amazing. Including the bow and arrow part. Maybe, this is what I think, this is the best movie i've ever seen.

Butterfly and Sword is one of the most skilled fantasy/swordplay movie I have ever seen. The clothes they wore on the movie were tight. The villain had edward Scissor-hands type claws and also the ugliest villains throughout the movie. But this is a "must see" movie. The Three Swordsmen, kiss their butt!!!