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| Charlene Choi | ... | 13th Master | |
| Gillian Chung | ... | Blue Bird | |
| Ying Qu | ... | Empress Ya Ge | |
| Jaycee Chan | ... | Charcoal Head | |
| Bo-lin Chen | ... | Blockhead | |
| Tony Ka Fai Leung | ... | Master Blackwood | |
| Edison Chen | ... | Peachy | |
| Yueyun Liang | ... | Slave buyer | |
| Donnie Yen | ... | General Lone | |
| Jackie Chan | ... | Lord of Armour Wei Cheng | |
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Mou Kit | ... | Slave |
| Bingbing Fan | ... | Red Vulture | |
| Daniel Wu | ... | High Priest Wei Liao | |
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Sam Yu-Sum Chan | ... | Slave |
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Xie Jing-Jing | ... | Marshall Edo Bowman |
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A cruel empress, a place where men are subservient to women. The empress' reign is disturbed by a prophecy saying a boy will rise to become king, and restore the male regime. Char, a humble boy, is born to be emperor. He and his adopted brother, Leaf, perform in a traveling show run by their adopted father, Blackwood. Thanks to their friend, Lao, the pair receive a stone with a map engraved on it. They set out on a quest for the treasure that the map is supposed to reveal. Two lovely yet lethal female warriors, Blue and Spring, join the boys on their journey. The youngsters encounter various challenges before they meet General Lone, a master swordsman who seeks to overthrow the empire. To do so he must first duel the Lord Of Armour. Written by darylc@tpg.com.au
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In the mythical land of Huadu, Charcoal Head, a humble boy born to rule an empire must undertake his journey to claim his throne. It is an epic action adventure combining romance, fantasy, comedy and cutting edge Hong Kong style martial artistry.
While this film had some good humor, a decent plot and some very odd twists and turns (and a running gag about mustaches)... it just fell short for me for one big reason: the special effects. The effects are very well done, much better than the flotsam SyFy pumps out, but it still takes away from the idea of a martial arts movie.
Case in point: Donnie Yen is an amazing martial arts master (as seen in the "Ip Man" films, among others) and in one scene he fights Jackie Chan. Why did this need special effects? Instead of having glorious natural movements, you have to add in cheesy computer graphics and aspects that clearly were not there? Chan and Yen do not require this -- they are (or at least should be) a selling point all their own.
That aside, it was pretty decent. I am unclear about the character "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon"... this film seems to borrow from the film of that name (what with the silly flying). But is this an homage? A cheap ripoff? Why use that name within a film that clearly is not connected to the classic, or even on the same level?
Oh well. Still a good movie. Not the best martial arts film, and certainly not the best from Well Go, but worth seeing. It is too bad that American audiences had to wait eight years for this to finally be released... we need more Donnie Yen and Bingbing Fan.