As a former warrior, I would say that the scene where he chops his own hand off, well, a smarter man would have chopped the other guys hand off instead.
Though Yul Is Cool! (in a sense that just transcends generations)...
What I mean is in the scene at the end, where he is lashed to another man and they are battling to the death and he throws the other man down some hole or other (been like 29 years since I saw this) And then takes a hatchet and lifts the other man up then wacks off his own hand at the wrist... I would have wacked off the other guys hand instead. Of course this would mean either lifting him higher, which after combat one might not have the stamina/strength to do, or just hacking away at the other guys wrist... Gruesome, surely, but effective and necessary.
Though Yul Is Cool! (in a sense that just transcends generations)...
What I mean is in the scene at the end, where he is lashed to another man and they are battling to the death and he throws the other man down some hole or other (been like 29 years since I saw this) And then takes a hatchet and lifts the other man up then wacks off his own hand at the wrist... I would have wacked off the other guys hand instead. Of course this would mean either lifting him higher, which after combat one might not have the stamina/strength to do, or just hacking away at the other guys wrist... Gruesome, surely, but effective and necessary.