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邪魅で傲慢な聖火教の聖女の望月は死の危機を逃れ、落ちぶれた孤女になり、かつて果たせなかった願いをかなえるため、名門正派の長老の楊清と夫婦になることを志した。再び生を得た望月は、運命の巡り合わせで楊清と出会い、次第に心を通わせるようになる。やがて二人は手を携えて武林を巡り、真の大悪を討ち、聖火教と名門正派の和解を実現し、江湖に平和をもたらすのだった。
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邪魅で傲慢な聖火教の聖女の望月は死の危機を逃れ、落ちぶれた孤女になり、かつて果たせなかった願いをかなえるため、名門正派の長老の楊清と夫婦になることを志した。再び生を得た望月は、運命の巡り合わせで楊清と出会い、次第に心を通わせるようになる。やがて二人は手を携えて武林を巡り、真の大悪を討ち、聖火教と名門正派の和解を実現し、江湖に平和をもたらすのだった。
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Pola Negri is clearly having some fun in this rather run-of-the-mill femme fatale style story. This time, the plot shifts to an American town of "Maple Valley", where she, the "Countess Elinora" arrives, dressed to the nines and immediately - almost before she sets foot in the place - manages to irritate the rather straight laced residents with her glamour, her smile and she certainly exudes an alluring sexuality that has the men hanging on her every word. Oh yes, and there's a tattoo, too - hardly a thing to be found on anyone but a sailor from the south seas - and that winds up the puritanical townsfolk even more. It also serves to facilitate some of the best, most humorous, aspects of this amiable story that sees a romance emerge from the slightly muddled, oft-presented scenario. Holmes Herbert is effective as the prude-in-chief DA "Granger", and he effectively focusses what I think may be the film's ultimate point - a swipe at the pettiness of small communities (could be anywhere in the world, not just the USA) whose welcome smile is accompanied, all too often, with a knife in the back. It's not a great piece of cinema; we've seen it before and better, but Negri, Holmes and the typically slapstick Chester Conkin (her cousin "Sam") keep the thing moving smoothly and entertainingly enough for an hour or so.
