Jet Li, Andy Lau, Jinglei Xu

It's a heroic tale of three blood brothers and their struggle in the midst of war and political upheaval. It is based on "The Assassination of Ma," a Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) story about the killing o...( read more  read more... )f general Ma Xinyi. The story was filmed by Zhang Che in 1973 as The Blood Brothers.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 50 min.

Directed by: Peter Chan

Release Date: December 12, 2007

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  • September 15, 2009
    Another big battle epic set in China's past. Some of the battle scenes are very good and the acting is impressive but the overall story just wasn't that interesting to me. It just sets up one battle up after another really. Curse of the Golden flower was visually more impressive ...( read more)and has a better storyline to it. The two are very similar.
  • August 28, 2008
    Heavy production but weak script, is pretty much a movie build around Jet Li, who does shows that his acting skills can't be debated anymore. But it's just a shame that other characters and situations feel hardly explored, thus, resting emotional weight to the final act. The char...( read more)acter of Jinglei Xu pretty much ends up being just a mere plot device instead of a fully developed character. Her chemistry with both Lau and Jet is limited, the script doesn't help there and the girl is not exactly a Gong Li or Maggie Cheung.

    I can't say i was bored, but not as engaged as i could have been. That said, the movie is not romantic about war at all, and neither about politics.
  • December 25, 2007
    A chinaman's Gladiator? Very rich but not enough grandeur. Doesn't really have a standout scene despite its elaborate settin. Yes, Jet-Li acts for the first time and does a good job at it. Met Peter Chan and wished he told us more about Jan Dara instead of this! Sti...( read more)ll, a decent watch.
  • June 26, 2009
    Like all chinese/japanese history stories one minute the hero of the story is a poor, dirt farmer type. The next m inute he is the commander of a vast army of blade swinging ninja types killing millions just with the power of their toes. This film was way too short and failed to ...( read more)explain several aspects of the story (which was true by the way). I felt it was a little rushed and could have been doen so much better over say two and a half hours instead of less than two we had. The action scenes are great but they are far and inbetween to make this a better movie.
  • September 5, 2008
    The action and battle sequences are great.
    But that's about it (apart from the yayahs of the technical side).
    Apart from the setting and some superficial aspects this is just the same as your run-of-the-mill mainstream american historical war epics (or should I say SNORE epics)...( read more).
    My big problem with this film is that there is so much occurences in this film that are presented so over-dramatic is just becomes laughable.
  • November 21, 2009
    nice historical movie about the hard war times in China
  • November 7, 2009
    This looks good too and I love these kinds of movies.
  • October 3, 2009
    An epic Chinese Blockbuster.
    Jet Li shows that he's just as good an actor as he is a martial artist. During the beginning of the film I thought his character was going to be one note and just look serious for the whole film. But he really gave a convincing emotional performance. ...( read more)Andy Lau was also outstanding especially when hes with Li.
    Very good cinematography a lot of the battle scenes and one on one confrontations were just spectacular.
    This is a recommendation for anyone who enjoyed Hero and House of Flying daggers.
  • September 26, 2009
    cant really go wrong with a chinese flick on war... throw a bit of jet li in there and youve got a movie worth watching. thought the twist was kinda weak and though it was refreshing to have a character that was neither good guy or bad guy it kinda left me feeling a bit flat. uns...( read more)ure if its based on actual events with the who woman bit... in my view though... cut out the female, replace her with another battle and you go up a halkf star!?
  • September 18, 2009
    Recommended by DrLappos and Deano78.

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