Saving General Yang (2013)

In ancient China, the seven heirs of the Yang family face a horde of enemies to rescue their father.

Director:

Ronny Yu

Writers:

Katherine Lo (translation) (as Kat Lo), Edmond Wong

Stars:

Fan Xu, Adam Cheng, Ekin Cheng

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Fan Xu	...	Madame She (as Xu Fan)
Adam Cheng	...	Yang Ye
Ekin Cheng	...	Yang Yan Ping
Bo Yu	...	Yang Yan Ding (as Yu Bo)
Vic Chou	...	Yang Yan Ang
Chen Li	...	Yang Yan Hui (as Li Chen)
Raymond Lam	...	Yang Yan De
Chun Wu	...	Yang Yan Zhao
Xinbo Fu	...	Yang Yan Sing (as Fu Xin Bo)
Bing Shao	...	Bayan (as Shao Bing)
Ady An	...	Princess Chai (as An Yi Xuan)
Vivi Lee	...	1st Lady
Apple Wang	...	2nd Lady (as Wang Xi Zhi)
Dong Zhang	...	3rd Lady / Tu Ah Lang (as Zhang Dong)
Cici Chen	...	4th Lady

Storyline

Northeast China, early Northern Song dynasty, AD 986. The Khitan army takes its revenge for a past massacre, abducting General Yang Ye (Adam Cheng) and leaving his wife and seven sons to rescue him - and fall into their deadly trap. Led by the first son (Ekin Cheng), the seven - two of whom have never seen combat - set out with a small band of fighters to face an army of thousands, brave the treacherous Wolf Mountain, face the nemesis of their shared history, and find the way back alive - all to bring their father home.

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Plot Keywords:

ancient china | military family | martial arts | sung dynasty | three word title | 

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Taglines:

Among 3000 Warriors, a Father and his 7 Sons, none but 1 shall live.

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Genres:

Adventure | History | War

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Goofs

Despite shooting multiple arrows the archer brother always has the same number of arrows in his quivers. In the final duel he shoots far more than he has, and first one then the second quiver disappears without opportunity/time to drop them.

User Reviews

Another martial art and historical war movie

I have watched this movie just out of curiosity to find out if there was any "connection" with "Saving Private Ryan" and to some extent there was. The plot is quite obvious with a resemblance of old fairy tales about seven warriors. There are all movie elements you expect to see in recent Chinese movies like love, brotherhood, master and student relations, political intrigues, wisdom, betrayal, revenge, etc. Everything is the way it should be, the good guys remain good ones till they die and bad guys are either punished or learn their lesson. As a person who has been watching martial art movies for many years, I could appreciate the quality of fighting scenes choreography. I can hardly imagine how warriors of the past could fight for hours using their weapons when one gets tired after fencing for just an hour. Of course there are special effects, but most of the stunts are done with minimal "wire use" that has been heavily exploited by Jet Li in his last movies. I cannot say this is one of the best martial art movies, but I did not have a feeling of wasted time after watching it. The main thing that kept me watching this movie till the end was a prophesy written by a wise master. Intrigued? Then watch it yourself.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

Hong Kong China

Language:

Mandarin

Release Date:

10 May 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Saving General Yang

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$12,756,500

Company Credits

Production Co:

Pegasus Motion Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1