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Jet Li, Andy Lau, Jinglei Xu, Takeshi Kaneshiro
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
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Id: 10549037
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Solid, but overly condensed historical epic, with one of Jet Li's best performances, perhaps overshadowed by Takeshi Kaneshiro. The Chinese excel at the sweeping military epic, and this is no exception. The cinematography is striking, and no one does battle scenes better. My main...( read more)
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)
