His country torn asunder by civil war, Zhao Zilong, a common man heeds the call of duty and from the humblest of roots rises through the ranks on wings of courage and cunning to command an ...
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Title: Three Kingdoms (2008)
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2 wins & 7 nominations.
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Cast
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| Andy Lau | ... | Zhao Zilong | |
| Sammo Kam-Bo Hung | ... | Luo Ping-An | |
| Maggie Q | ... | Cao Ying | |
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Cunxin Pu | ... | Zhuge Liang |
| Andy On | ... | Deng Zhi | |
| Rongguang Yu | ... | Han De | |
| Hua Yueh | ... | Liu Bei | |
| Lung Ti | ... | Guan Yu | |
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Zhi-Hui Chen | ... | Zhang Fei |
| Vanness Wu | ... | Guan Xing | |
| Damian Lau | ... | Cao Cao | |
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Haifeng Ding | ... | Zhang Bao |
| Hongbo Jiang | ... | Ruan | |
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Hongtao Wang | ... | Huang Zhong |
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Menghe Wu Liji | ... | Ma Chao |
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His country torn asunder by civil war, Zhao Zilong, a common man heeds the call of duty and from the humblest of roots rises through the ranks on wings of courage and cunning to command an army charged with liberating the land from an evil warlord. Inspiring by action, honor and a dream of unifying his divided nation, Zhao Zilong's heroism becomes legend, but as the years pass and the throne changes hands the war still rages on. When a newly enthroned king decides peace can only be achieved by defeating the warlords once and for all, the aging Zhao Zilong embarks on his final and greatest campaign, a road to adventure that will crown his name in glory for all time. Written by Anonymous
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The journey to unify the Three Kingdoms begins! See more »Parents Guide:
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Language:
MandarinRelease Date:
3 April 2008 (China) See more »Also Known As:
Three Kingdoms See more »Filming Locations:
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$25,000,000 (estimated)Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$21,159,916Company Credits
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Visualizer Film Productions, Taewon Entertainment, China Film Group Corporation (CFGC) See more »
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To be brief, this movie was a disappointment.
The reasons are simple - it lacks any characterization, the whole story feels like a synopsis, not a full story. Scenes and images flashed by as if we are scanning (selected) pages of a novel, with no real details given.
I thought Andy Lau was good for the role and I didn't even mind Maggie Q's role; the samurai-like armor; the Wei forces' helmets resembling Stahlhelms (Nazi helmets) and the Shu's are like British soldiers being so obvious. These are cosmetic and artistic choices and didn't pose as a serious distraction. (The brief appearances of some other main ROTK characters were done just right and did provide a nice glimpse into what might have been part of a more romantic epic.) But still, give more meat to the story and characters, make it a real movie, not a hundred minutes long trailer.