This was my first chinese (hongkong) movie ever. You can categorize this movie as historical / action movie, with a side love story but can not really be considered as part of the romance genre. The fighting scenes were really exciting and great filmed with some awesome new technical features. The historical setting is authentic and underlined with great panorama pictures. Ther are even some philosophical moments because the main protagonist often reflects about the relation between killing and his life. I don't know how popular the actors / actresses are but they did a great job playing characters from ancient times... So if you like historical settings and great action (swordfighting) scenes you should invest two hours of your time. You won't be disappointed!