not only is this movie impressive for its time, but it beats a lot of modern films when it comes to large-scale action choreography, lighting (💔), and having likable enough characters carrying the plot despite them being basic/stereotypical.
it had good writing, there were a lot of one liners that stand out. there were also a lot of callbacks to previous scenes without it having to be painfully spelled out again. the four virtues were only ever said once in…