Jian yu (2010)

Drizzle/Zeng Jing tries to start a new life after she had betrayed her gang and hid the remains of monk.

Director:

Chao-Bin Su

Writer:

Chao-Bin Su

Stars:

Michelle Yeoh, Woo-sung Jung, Xueqi Wang

2 wins & 16 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michelle Yeoh	...	Zeng Jing
Woo-sung Jung	...	Jiang Ah-sheng
Xueqi Wang	...	Cao Feng, The Wheel King
Barbie Hsu	...	Ye Zhanqing (Turquoise)
Shawn Yue	...	Lei Bin
Xiaodong Guo	...	Zhang Renfeng
Kelly Lin	...	Xi Yu
Yiyan Jiang	...	Tian Qingtong
Leon Dai	...	Lian Sheng, the Magician
Hee Ching Paw	...	Mrs. Cai
Matt Chung-tien Wu	...	Killer Bear (as Matt Wu)
Shih-Chieh Chin	...	Doctor Li (as Jin Shijie)
Pace Wu	...	Qing Jian (Kongdong Teal Sword)
Zonghan Li	...	Lu Zhu (Wisdom) (as Calvin Li)
Angeles Woo	...	Eater Bear

Storyline

Set in ancient China, Zeng Jing is a skilled assassin who finds herself in possession of a mystical Buddhist monk's remains. She begins a quest to return the remains to its rightful resting place, and thus places herself in mortal danger because a team of assassins is in a deadly pursuit to possess the remains which holds an ancient power-wielding secret.

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Plot Keywords:

martial arts | sword fight | wuxia | 

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Genres:

Action

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [China] Official site [Japan]

Country:

China Taiwan Hong Kong

Language:

English Mandarin

Release Date:

28 September 2010 (China)

Also Known As:

Reign of Assassins

Box Office

Budget:

$12,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Beijing Gallop Horse Film & TV Production, Media Asia Films, Zhejiang Dongyang Dragon Entertainment Venture Investment

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ah-Sheng had an unusual accent because he was portrayed by a Korean actor. The Korean language is famous for not having accents or tonal variations.

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Connections

Featured in At the Movies: Venice Film Festival 2010 (2010)

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Soundtracks

Hua
(uncredited)
Written by Salad Li and Sa Ding Ding
Performed by Sa Ding Ding

User Reviews

The first excellent martial arts film in a LONG time

It's not a 10/10, but IMDb is reporting an average of 5.5 for whatever the hell reason so I had to ensure people see this film by skewing the score at least into the 7 to 8 range.

The cinematography is largely excellent. There is beauty in many scenes and they capture the emotion of the characters and their circumstances very well.

The action sequences started out amazing and just fizzled towards the end. That was very surprising in a bad way.

I very much enjoyed the motivation behind each characters. Although, more work could have been done in this department. As interesting as the story was there were many unanswered questions and absurdities in the plot.

I found the theme of karma and redemption refreshing and for once the violence found in such films was somewhat resolved.

It's been a very long time since I've enjoyed a kung fu period piece.

If you enjoyed the Wong-Fei-Hung films, iron monkey, crouching tiger hidden dragon, fist of legend, fong sai yuk then you should check this out.

I'm buying this on disc when it comes out and I rarely do that.