Ekin Cheng, Qi Shu, Kristy Yang

Episodic saga from the first half of the 20th century follows Hero Hua from an ill-omened June day in his youth to a showdown 17 years later with a disaffected member of his martial-arts school, a Jap...( read more  read more... )anese named Invincible. Tensions between Chinese and Japanese, plus U.S. racism, mark the tale. Hero marries Jade, leaves her in China when he goes to America as an indentured servant, rebels against cruel labor conditions, and is joined by her in New York City where she has twins. Jump ahead 16 years: their son Sword comes to New York looking for his father. There, Sword hears many stories of his father, which we see in flashbacks, and the stage is set for the battle with Invincible.

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R, 119 min.

Directed by: Wai-keung Lau

Release Date: January 1, 1999

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DVD Release Date: April 3, 2001

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  • August 12, 2007
    This film is a very mixed bag which could delight fans of the genre. For me however I was not delighted and found myself very bored between fight scenes. The fights scenes were not that great except for one or two, mixed with some good cgi the water sword fight was impressive whi...( read more)lst th eothers fell short of delivering. The production value oft his Hong kong film was rather high with some good backdrop pieces.The acting, script and direction did let this film down however, it was a shame as it had some potential
  • March 3, 2007
    The Special effects and high wire kung fu is actually pretty good for this kinda flick - a modern fantasy story.
  • July 7, 2009
    Manga style, martial arts madness and beautiful asian boys.
  • December 24, 2008
    Ekin Cheng is a terrible actor! This garbage is worse than Storm Riders. Overall, it lacks any kind of soul.
  • June 2, 2008
    From the guys who gave us "Storm Riders", another fantastic adventure.
  • September 13, 2007
    Just Brilliant...Very Awesome ^_^
  • August 28, 2007
    Coming from a comic book, you can understand the fantasy of this film. Like the Japanese comics, The Chinese are filled with fantastic feats of fighting with mind over body.
  • August 19, 2007
    Want to see it! Will have to take into account!
  • July 28, 2007
    several incredible fights in this, including a final battle on the statue of liberty.

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