Little Big Soldier (Da bing xiao jiang)

Little Big Soldier (Da bing xiao jiang) (2010)

  • 79% of critics liked it
    (14 reviews)

  • 55% want to see it
    (1,128 ratings)

Two rivals strike up a wary friendship in this blend of historical drama, action and comedy starring international martial arts star Jackie Chan. It's 227 B.C., and during the era of the warring states, a fifty-something Liang soldier (Jackie Chan) captures a wounded Wei general (Wang Leehom) in… More

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PG-13,
Directed By
Written By
Jackie Chan
Genres
Action & Adventure, Art House & International, Comedy
Bona Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Tom Huddleston, Time Out

    Genre-benders who like their Leone-esque historical slapstick buddy-action epics with a side order of political tragedy will find much to enjoy here.

  • James Luxford, The National

    Chan puts his heart and soul into the part of Big Soldier, and it's a reminder that there is more to the actor than Hollywood cinemagoers may have witnessed.

  • Fred Topel, Screen Junkies

    Amusing but, never amazing. There's no ladder twirling, conveyor belt sticking or cashier slot jumping through.

  • Anton Bitel, Little White Lies

    There is epic action and adventure in this film, to be sure, and some humour too - but it is all directed towards a conclusion whose devastating impact is not even undone by the touches of mawkishness that get us there.

  • Tim Brayton, Antagony & Ecstasy

    It does not, perhaps, try to do very much, but all the things it does try, it achieves with glowing perfection.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • xGary X


    A cowardly conscript kidnaps the general of an opposing army and attempts the long journey back to his homeland to claim a reward and leave the life soldiering behind. Little Big Soldier is one of those "two characters from each end of the social spectrum learn life lessons from… More

  • Cynthia S


    Comedic, fun, entertaining, and sad all at the same time. Very well done!!

  • Bruce B


    Jackie Chan has become what Steven Sequll and Val Kilmer are one role actors and this film is no different. Jackie role in all his films are the same a fast acting stunt man with a few comic lines. 3 stars

  • danny d


    i loved this movie. chan is funny and charming, his character is likable and believable, and the storyline is original and satisfying. a total surprise, i will watch this film many times i know. a heartbreaking film that still leaves you feeling good in the end.

  • JY S


    Director Sheng Ding's action adventure, <i>Little Big Soldier</i>, successfully throws the banter into a historic wuxia style picture.<p>The plot is on the light side, at least until the the ending, and that probably makes the less than 90 minute run time a good… More

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