Cert: 15 cert.
Director: Daniel Lee
Screen writer: Daniel Lee
Starring: Adrien Brody, John Cusack , Sharni Vinson , Jackie Chan , Peng Lin , Benny Urquidez , Si Won Choi , Paul Philip Clark , Max Huang , Kevin Lee , Jozef Waite ,Mika Wang , Temur Mamisashvili , Danny Salay , Philippe Joly , Philippe Joly , Lorie Pester , Vanness Wu , Tomer Oz , Kar Yan Lam , Joel Adrian , Murray Clive Walker , Oleksii Liesnoi , Vander McLeod , Emrah Yilmaz .many more.....
Running time: 190 mins
Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity: One scene of a woman who takes her clothes off only showing her back
Violence & Gore: Curtain fight, scene throughout can get bloody, scene of a man & child falling
Profanity: strong to mild language
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: wine is seen being drunk by the main characters.
Frightening/Intense Scenes: Curtain scene of this film can be disturbing & unsettling for some viewers.
Story: The film set during the era of the Han Dynasty. Huo An (Chan), a hun, serves as a commander of the Protection Squad of the Western Regions of the Han Dynasty. They are tasked by the emperor to maintain stability between the warring 36 nations in the Silk Road region. Huo An and his subordinates are framed for smuggling gold and are sent to the Wild Geese Gate, a frontier town of the Han Dynasty and undergo forced labor. In the west, meanwhile, a Roman general named Lucius (Cusack) flees with his legion to the east. He smuggles Publius (Waite), heir of the Roman consul for the Parthian Empire to save him from death and a ploy by his older brother, Tiberius (Brody), who schemes to takeover the position as heir to the Consul seat for himself.
Likes : Every now & then you get a great film like this with a heartwarming story of loyalty, sacrifice, rising against the darkness against all odds and truly valuing what true friendship is that encompasses all nations and creeds that everyone will understand. The film's portray's the film for what it means to truly be a friend and a man who sticks by his principles.
Which Maybe it's why these's film's get so much flack & bad reviews, because our standards today have become so dulled that it's now a sin to be a person with principles & honor to act like a human. It seems sacrifice, loyalty and protecting the weak and innocent has been shelved aside in this rat race of ours in our modern world and has it praising selfishness, greed and ambition instead.
Story-wise this film is fantastic but some of you might find it some parts cheesy or predictable. Some of you might even say that the character Jackie Chan played (Huo An), was unbelievably too kind in naure, like he was just character from a fairytale. but if you look closer at the character & follow the story, try to delve into the character of Huo An, your see that every tragedy that has ever happened to him (told in the story), you will understand why he a man that just wants to bring peace to the nations rarer than war.
john Cusack performance as the role of Roman Empire general, Lucius was brilliant done to the point he actually played the role real good, in his performance you could a believe character on how it feels to be betrayed, to hate and to trust you can see why the character is who is in the film.
Adrien Brody as the villain Tiberius i was a little unsure about to honest it did feel force which was a good thing, also done a very performance but could of made the character a bit more ruthless for the character type he was playing but you could see the way he lust for power and ambitions which twisted the character to become a mad man hell bent to betray, kill, as already told in the trailer) his own family, his performance was ok.
Dislikes : Just think Adrien Brody character could of done with a more ruthless concept, there is a few plot hole but most of the film pretty much explains itself really you just have to pay close attention to whats being said. The subtitles in this film to be honest i know they were trying to keep it real but the subtitles at times can be hard to read as they come up on screen to fast then off again before you get the chance to read whats going on it could do with English speaking version although although of the scene were in English there was a few scene of subtitles needed it sometime hard to follow the film that way.
Overall : Awesome Choreography, great fight scene, brilliant story of Story about Friendship, Loyalty and Sacrifice.
Rating: 5 out of 5 for entertainment / 8 out of 10 for story concept
Screen writer: Daniel Lee
Starring: Adrien Brody, John Cusack , Sharni Vinson , Jackie Chan , Peng Lin , Benny Urquidez , Si Won Choi , Paul Philip Clark , Max Huang , Kevin Lee , Jozef Waite ,Mika Wang , Temur Mamisashvili , Danny Salay , Philippe Joly , Philippe Joly , Lorie Pester , Vanness Wu , Tomer Oz , Kar Yan Lam , Joel Adrian , Murray Clive Walker , Oleksii Liesnoi , Vander McLeod , Emrah Yilmaz .many more.....
Running time: 190 mins
Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity: One scene of a woman who takes her clothes off only showing her back
Violence & Gore: Curtain fight, scene throughout can get bloody, scene of a man & child falling
Profanity: strong to mild language
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: wine is seen being drunk by the main characters.
Frightening/Intense Scenes: Curtain scene of this film can be disturbing & unsettling for some viewers.
Story: The film set during the era of the Han Dynasty. Huo An (Chan), a hun, serves as a commander of the Protection Squad of the Western Regions of the Han Dynasty. They are tasked by the emperor to maintain stability between the warring 36 nations in the Silk Road region. Huo An and his subordinates are framed for smuggling gold and are sent to the Wild Geese Gate, a frontier town of the Han Dynasty and undergo forced labor. In the west, meanwhile, a Roman general named Lucius (Cusack) flees with his legion to the east. He smuggles Publius (Waite), heir of the Roman consul for the Parthian Empire to save him from death and a ploy by his older brother, Tiberius (Brody), who schemes to takeover the position as heir to the Consul seat for himself.
Likes : Every now & then you get a great film like this with a heartwarming story of loyalty, sacrifice, rising against the darkness against all odds and truly valuing what true friendship is that encompasses all nations and creeds that everyone will understand. The film's portray's the film for what it means to truly be a friend and a man who sticks by his principles.
Which Maybe it's why these's film's get so much flack & bad reviews, because our standards today have become so dulled that it's now a sin to be a person with principles & honor to act like a human. It seems sacrifice, loyalty and protecting the weak and innocent has been shelved aside in this rat race of ours in our modern world and has it praising selfishness, greed and ambition instead.
Story-wise this film is fantastic but some of you might find it some parts cheesy or predictable. Some of you might even say that the character Jackie Chan played (Huo An), was unbelievably too kind in naure, like he was just character from a fairytale. but if you look closer at the character & follow the story, try to delve into the character of Huo An, your see that every tragedy that has ever happened to him (told in the story), you will understand why he a man that just wants to bring peace to the nations rarer than war.
john Cusack performance as the role of Roman Empire general, Lucius was brilliant done to the point he actually played the role real good, in his performance you could a believe character on how it feels to be betrayed, to hate and to trust you can see why the character is who is in the film.
Adrien Brody as the villain Tiberius i was a little unsure about to honest it did feel force which was a good thing, also done a very performance but could of made the character a bit more ruthless for the character type he was playing but you could see the way he lust for power and ambitions which twisted the character to become a mad man hell bent to betray, kill, as already told in the trailer) his own family, his performance was ok.
Choreography side on the battle's & fight scene are perfectly done, specially the fight scene with Cusack & Jackie, cusack done a fantastic job at the sword fighting which made the scene more believeable as these two go head to head in a one on one fight, special with the spectacular battle scene this is a well Choreography film with some brilliant cinematography this is a film i would recommend watch.
Dislikes : Just think Adrien Brody character could of done with a more ruthless concept, there is a few plot hole but most of the film pretty much explains itself really you just have to pay close attention to whats being said. The subtitles in this film to be honest i know they were trying to keep it real but the subtitles at times can be hard to read as they come up on screen to fast then off again before you get the chance to read whats going on it could do with English speaking version although although of the scene were in English there was a few scene of subtitles needed it sometime hard to follow the film that way.
Overall : Awesome Choreography, great fight scene, brilliant story of Story about Friendship, Loyalty and Sacrifice.
Rating: 5 out of 5 for entertainment / 8 out of 10 for story concept
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