Hiroyuki Sanada, Dong-Kun Jang, Cecilia Cheung
A tale of passion unfolds against a backdrop of war as a beautiful and mysterious princess becomes the object of affection for three very different men -- a powerful duke, a brave general and a lowly ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: April 18, 2007
Stats: 896 reviews
In a world where people running as fast as the wind drag girls on leashes behind them like kites anything's possible. So no one should make the mistake and compare this to fantastic but somewhat historical movies like Hero. This is pure fantasy, even without made-up creatures. Th...( read more)
What the hell was Kaige thinking? Did he not realize that his film making only excelled in times of action because of how graceful he is with his grand war scenes and choreography? What has he been doing since The Emperor and the Assassin?
The promise is a dissapointing epic...( read more)
"Once you have accepted your destiny, nothing can alter it unless time flows backwards, snow falls in the spring and the dead come back to life."
A beautiful, poetic and sometimes cruel fairy tale about love, war, honor and pride and where nothing is what it seems. A great advent...( read more)
Visually looks beautiful. The script isn't so good and the casting really failed. The fight scenes were stunning though.
Before i had the chance to watch this movie everybody at work recomend it to me..they said that is a great picture..nad all sort of things..
the only thing that i liked was the soundtrack..costumes but nothing else..the sence of humour in the movie was rediculous.."funny" faces...( read more)
The Promise is a 2005 Chinese epic fantasy film a fairy tale for adults that allows the viewer to inhabit an entirely different world, and in doing so, becomes an exercise of the imagination. I know that film been criticized by some reviewers for its low-tech special effects but...( read more)
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I totally loved this movie the best romantic style movie I have seen in a long time and I am not a big fan of romance movies. Plus the fact that it was based on a Chinese folk tale, Brilliant!!
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