Three Kingdoms (Blu-ray) (2010)
Strong battle violence and themes
| Director: | Xixi Gao |
| Actors: | Andy Lau, Ruby Lin, Peter Ho |
If you're not a fan of martial arts war epics then the past twelve months haven't been kind to you; Andy Lau, Maggie Q and Sammo Hung add their names to a very long list in Daniel Lee's (What Price Survival?) take on China's greatest literary classic Romance Of The Kingdoms. Lau stars as general Zhao Zilong, and it would seem that Asias answer to Mel Gibson is having problems taking off his armour after recent turns in both A Battle Of Wits and The Warlords. Zhao rises quickly in the ranks to become a top general under Liu Bei, and after many years of war he finds himself alone as the invincible general, he really is that good. Sadly for him and his shiny armour, its not much fun alone at the top so with a grand legacy at stake, Zhao leads his final charge against an army headed by Cao Cao's granddaughter Cao Ying (Maggie Q).
| Status: | QuickPick |
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| Run time: | 102mins |
| Origin: | CHINA |
| Aspect Ratio: | 16:9 |
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Member Reviews (3)
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Reviews
Greg Mc
says
This movies is set in the same period as the John Woo classic Red Cliff and portrays many of the same characters and events including the Han dynasty Prime Minister Cao Cao. The story centres on Zhao Yun (died 229) who was a military general who lived during the late Han Dynasty and early Three Kingdoms era of Chinese history. For most of his career, Zhao served the warlord Liu Bei, playing a part in the establishment of state of Shu Han. In literature and folklore, he is lauded as the third member of the Five Tiger Generals. He is known in the movie and in history by his style name Zilong. It is very interesting to see the differences between this film and the interpretation found in Red Cliff. Much of the history of the period is still being discoverd with Cao Cao's tomb only unearthed last year.
Damo'
says
This movie fails in many ways, historically it claims to be 220 odd AD but the weapons and Armour look more at place in middle ages Europe.
The 3 kingdom's war was between japan, china and Korea- this movie was about attempted Chinese unity. So the title is misleading also.
Such sentimentality as display in this will get you whooped in a war, war isn't about honour it's about kill your enemy and staying alive- this is like propaganda or something.
Mongol is much better then this gayassed attempt at an Asian historical war movie.
Big Rob
says
A fantastic martial arts / war movie and if you can get through subtitles a great story line!