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Title: The Warlords (2007)
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| Jet Li | ... | General Pang Qingyun (as Lianjie Li) | |
| Andy Lau | ... | Zhao Erhu (as Dehua Liu) | |
| Takeshi Kaneshiro | ... | Jiang Wuyang (as Wu Jincheng) | |
| Jinglei Xu | ... | Liansheng | |
| Xiaodong Guo | ... | Huang Wenjin | |
| Jacky Heung | ... | Shi Jinbiao | |
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Zongwan Wei | ... | Lord Chen |
| Pao-Ming Ku | ... | Lord Jiang | |
| Kuirong Wang | ... | Lord Di | |
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Bo Zhou | ... | Lu Dashan |
| Zhaoqi Shi | ... | He Kui | |
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Yachao Wang | ... | Gouzi |
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Xiao Yun Wang | ... | Fu |
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Peng Guo | ... | Shun |
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Ailei Yu | ... | Wang Xiaoshou |
Set in China in the 1860's during the Taiping Rebellion, the story is based on the assassination of Ma Xinyi in 1870. Loyalist General Qingyun is the only survivor of a battle with anti-Qing rebels. He encounters a starving village, whose inhabitants engage in banditry to survive, where he is nursed back to health by the attractive Liansheng. With his strength regained, Qingyun impresses one of the village bandit leaders, Jiang Wuyang, with his fighting skills. Wuyang introduces him to his "big brother", who also happens to be Liansheng's husband, Zhao Erhu and Qingyun begins to assist them with their raids. Qingyun convinces his two new comrades to form a loyalist army unit to fight the rebels and feed their own people. The three men swear a blood oath. Their stunning military successes impress the governing powers, but as Qingyun's influence begins to grow, they soon fear him. The political and emotional stakes will be tested, leading to differences between the blood brothers. Written by Sonja Pavkovic
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In "The Warlords," another rendition of the classic Chinese tale of loyalty and betrayal of three brothers, we see evidence of something many may not realize: when not hampered by his horrible accent, Jet Li can act, in fact, for this role he received an Asian Film Award nomination for Best Actor. He may not be a Deniro or a Denzel, but he's at least got that certain intensity that makes Clint Eastwood. We do not, however, get to see what American audiences know Li for, his martial arts prowess. As winner of the Hong Kong Film Awards both for best film and best director, Peter Chan ("The Eye," 1 through infinity it seems), we see here an exemplary piece of cinema which demonstrates the high quality of movies coming from China today. The cinematography is well done, costumes are excellent, epic battle sequences are choreographed beautifully and the characters and complex character relationships are well developed, sincere and sympathetic. In addition to Li, we see moving performances by Andy Lau, a winner of numerous Asian film awards, and Takeshi Kaneshiro, both who Americans may know from "The House of Flying Daggers." If you are looking for a "Jet Li movie" you may likely find yourself bored. Despite the war background of this movie it is, at heart, a drama, and a very good one at that.
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