New ‘Tarantino meets Fury Road’ movie Blades of Guardians is a masterpiece

A few people got the memo. The martial-arts legend’s new directorial effort, Blades of the Guardians, opened in the U.S. on Feb. 17 to just $761,881 at the box office — a meager total compared to more aggressively marketed releases, but a genuine win for its distributor, Well Go USA, one of the top purveyors of Eastern import cinema in North America. The opening was big enough to encourage another weekend in theaters, which means the Quentin Tarantino buffs, Christopher Nolan devotees, and Peter Jackson acolytes who swear they love epic blockbusters haven’t missed out yet.