Your typical Hong Kong martial arts fantasy dad movie. The only difference being this one is based off of a video game. Having been derived from a popular musou franchise, the film comes with the promise of getting the chance to see a single dude slice his way through massive armies all by himself. While there are hints of that, this adaptation actually proves more faithful to the series' roots as a Soulcalibur-esque fighter by favoring one-on-one duels over grand displays of soldiers getting slaughtered in the thousands. Regardless, the battles are still a moderately entertaining spectacle even with the rather middling CGI I've come to associate with Eastern cinema. Unfortunately, there just aren't enough of them. What few professional reviews I've found have all called the plot incomprehensible. I'm not sure if that's due to some legitimate issue(s) with script or simply the sad result of how bloody hard it is to pay attention to any of this. Like most Chinese feudal/imperial war flicks, the experience is burdened with a lot of overwrought storytelling that takes up most of the runtime. It actually favors trying to be a boring, conversation and dialog-heavy (not to mention, highly fictionalized) historical drama over showcasing larger amounts of its amusingly over-the-top wuxia combat, which shows the filmmakers severely misunderstood their target audience. What's worse is that by the ending you realize that nothing of consequence truly happened as not a single of the conflict's multiple threads is resolved when the credits start to roll, leading to a feeling like you just wasted your time. Despite all my complaining, there are things Dynasty Warriors gets right. It's an absolute treat for the eyes having been shot in some gorgeous locations and featuring cool looking, if ridiculous action sequences that are usually accompanied by appropriately energetic butt rock guitar riffs. I'll also admit that my dislike of it may only stem from it personally not being my thing. There's obviously a following out there for this kind of stuff as evident by the fact that they keep getting made and finding their way over here to the West. I know I've seen my father watching plenty of similar offerings in the living room on many a lazy Sunday afternoon. So hey, maybe tell your dad about it next time he's looking for something to stream. I certainly will mine.