Legendary Amazons (2011)

In early 11th century China, the Song Dynasty is being invaded by armies of the rival state Western Xia. Yang, the last of a long line of Song generals, is killed and his widowed wife Mu ... See full summary »

Director:

Frankie Chan

Writers:

Frankie Chan, Heng Liu

Stars:

Cecilia Cheung, Xiaoqing Liu, Richie Jen

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Cecilia Cheung	...	Mu Guiying
Xiaoqing Liu	...	Princess Chai
Richie Jen	...	Yang Zongbao (as Richie Ren)
Pei-Pei Cheng	...	She Saihua
Xiao Ming Yu	...	Yang Wenguang
Na Yu	...	Seventh Sister Yang
Kathy Chow	...	Fifth Sister Yang
Yukari Ôshima	...	Zou Lanying
QiaoQiao Jin	...	Third Sister Yang (as Qiao-qiao Jin)
Chun-yan Ge	...	Eldest Sister Yang
Xiao-fei Zhou	...	Yang Paifeng
Qian-yu Zhao	...	Xiaodouzi
Dong Liu	...	Ninth Sister Yang
Zihan Chen	...	Eighth Sister Yang
Katy Wang	...	Yang Jinhua

Storyline

In early 11th century China, the Song Dynasty is being invaded by armies of the rival state Western Xia. Yang, the last of a long line of Song generals, is killed and his widowed wife Mu leads other widows into battle to save their dynasty.

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Genres:

Action

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

China

Language:

Mandarin Cantonese

Release Date:

18 November 2011 (China)

Also Known As:

Legendary Amazons

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$248,280

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min (DVD)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Remake of The 14 Amazons (1972)

User Reviews

Cheesy story, cheesy acting, cheesy and yet somewhat entertaining action

This is a pretty bad movie with some crappy acting and story. I am not sure if it's intentional or not but the whole thing just comes off humorous, especially because of the acting. The story is nothing interesting just men warriors losing a battle and women warriors picking up arms to fight in their husbands place. The whole movie is a cheese fest, even the action is super cheesy and looks so fake...Although it's entertaining to watch. Watching the fight sequences is like watching someone play "Dynasty Warriors". The only thing that makes this movie watchable is the fight sequences even if their is no logic when it comes to physics and cheesy. Which might work if it's a comedic kung-fu movie that doesn't take itself seriously but has a cleverly integrated plot. But that isn't the case for this movie and when it tries to integrate some story into it. I was like "okay this is boring and dull, lets get back to the cheesy action". I am not fond of Cecilia Chung these days as an actress and she is pretty bad in this movie. There is quite a lot of characters in this movie but they are so underdeveloped I didn't care who lives or who dies. As a matter of fact I wasn't quite sure which character was dying or fighting even though some dramatic movie plays with other characters weeping or have the sad face. Just watch for the cheesy action scenes and not the story or the acting and you might be fine watching this.

4/10