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  Daniel Lee's <i>White Vengeance</i> is a game of wits more than it is a battle to be emperor.<p>The story is lengthy coming in at well past 2 hours; however, the film makes the most of it with much emphasis on character and plot details. There is noticeably a… More
  Daniel Lee's <i>White Vengeance</i> is a game of wits more than it is a battle to be emperor.<p>The story is lengthy coming in at well past 2 hours; however, the film makes the most of it with much emphasis on character and plot details. There is noticeably a good amount of drama, but the pacing never seems to come to a crawl.</p><p>The action never gets too elaborate and there is some small usage of CG which is nothing to brag about. There are a few segments which can be considered stylized, but all in all placing this film as action first isn't appropriate.</p><p>Leon Lai and Shaofeng Feng go back and forth throughout the film, but Hanyu Zhang and Anthony Wong are the ones pulling the strings. Watching Zhang and Wong play a game of weiqi at the banquet is a definite highlight.</p><p><i>White Vengeance</i> does have its share of enticing moments that offset some of its drama and long run time. In return, this is a watchable piece out of China.</p>

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  [img]http://twitchfilm.com/news/WhiteVengeancePoster.jpg[/img] I love historical movies... and when I had a chance to see White Vengeance, also known as Hong Men Yan, I took my chance without hesitation. Director Daniel Lee made interesting male-dominated film with a female (Yuji)… More
  [img]http://twitchfilm.com/news/WhiteVengeancePoster.jpg[/img] I love historical movies... and when I had a chance to see White Vengeance, also known as Hong Men Yan, I took my chance without hesitation. Director Daniel Lee made interesting male-dominated film with a female (Yuji) as a key character. The story is based on events in the Chu-Han Contention period of Chinese history and the Chinese title is a reference to the banquet of Hongmen, a well-known event in 206 B.C. where warring general Xiang Yu was motivated to assassinate Liu Bang, his rival. There is lots of star potential in this movie with Leon Lai, Feng Shaofeng, Liu Yifei, Zhang Hanyu, Anthony Wong, Jordan Chan, Andy On, Xiu Qing and Jia Qing, and they did the best they could with a director who lacked 'mojo'... yes... exactly that! Nice shots, a little bit complicated story for most Westerners not familiar with the Chinese history, screenplay with nice twists, good acting but everything was let down by a directing which was just without passion - I'll call it almost impotent! Mechanical, with no real feel for the rhythm of the story Daniel Lee made just an average movie which missed an opportunity to become great!