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Sep 20, 2010

by FM_ALEX
posted in ASIANatomy

"Legend of the Black Scorpion" or "The Banquet" is a take on Shakespeare's "Hamlet", and is visually amazing, beautiful, and jumps off the screen. While the character development lacks it is still a breathtaking film

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Madpenguin June 18, 2011

I thought this pretty good.

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