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Call of Heroes

Original title: Ngai sing
  • 20162016
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 2h
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6.4/10
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Louis Koo, Ching Wan Lau, Jing Wu, and Eddie Peng in Call of Heroes (2016)
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A group of villagers must stand up to a warlord's psychopath son, who is protected by a Commander with proficient martial arts skills as well as a small army.A group of villagers must stand up to a warlord's psychopath son, who is protected by a Commander with proficient martial arts skills as well as a small army.A group of villagers must stand up to a warlord's psychopath son, who is protected by a Commander with proficient martial arts skills as well as a small army.
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    • Benny Chan
    • Wai Ching Tam
    • Chun Wong
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    • Ching Wan Lau
    • Eddie Peng
    • Louis Koo
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    • Benny Chan
    • Wai Ching Tam
    • Chun Wong
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    • Ching Wan Lau
    • Eddie Peng
    • Louis Koo
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    Ching Wan Lau
    Ching Wan Lau
    • Yeung Hak-nan
    Eddie Peng
    Eddie Peng
    • Ma Fung
    Louis Koo
    Louis Koo
    • Cho Siu-lun
    Jing Wu
    Jing Wu
    • Army Commander
    Quan Yuan
    Quan Yuan
    • Chow So-so
    Shuying Jiang
    Shuying Jiang
    • Bai Ling
    Kai-Chi Liu
    Kai-Chi Liu
    • Liu Kap-cheung
    Philip Keung
    Philip Keung
    • Lee Tit-ngau
    Chun-Kit Cheung
    Sammo Kam-Bo Hung
    Sammo Kam-Bo Hung
    • General on Horse
    Tin-Chiu Hung
    Tin-Chiu Hung
    • Cheung Mo
    Ting Yip Ng
    Ting Yip Ng
    • Shum Ting
    Jiaolong Sun
    Jiaolong Sun
    • Lei Yue
    Xing Yu
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      Ching Wan Lau had not filmed a martial arts film in twenty years and was trained to use a whip to prepare for his role as a guardian leader of Pucheng village.
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    6/10
    A stand-up and be counted old-fashioned wuxia flick
    The story is too straight without any guile. Set in 1914 following the collapse of the Qing dynasty, the film tells the story of a group of villagers standing up to a cruel young warlord. It stands knee deep in hero-talk, melodrama and posturing. The story is not memorable but it hearkens me back to the Shaw classic no-nonsense wuxia films of the yester-years. Those are great years.

    Sean Lau, the ever dependable actor, makes all the skull-numbing hero-speeches feel like nuggets of wisdom. Eddie Peng actually has a slight breakthrough with his wandering hobo character, adding delightful charm and comic relief. Wu Jing, who proved in SPL 2 that he can carry a movie on his own, puts in an unstated performance. His and Peng's back story is one of the highlights of the movie. Louis Koo, probably HK's busiest actor, lays on the ham with extra cheese and froth. His portrayal of the warlord nearly crosses into parody. But please take my words with a pinch of salt because I probably don't know anything. When Koo finally gets his comeuppance, the people around me were actually cheering.

    The one thing I hate the most in kungfu movies is the CGI-created landscape and all the impossible kungfu moves made possible by CGI. Special effects is the shite in martial arts films. Call of Heroes doesn't do that and it is good old action stunt work and wire-fu. Sammo Hung's action choreography here is excellent. There are two particular set-pieces, a fight on a bamboo-cage bridge and one on a mountain of clay urns, that are stand-outs.

    The studios don't make movies like this anymore - a stand-up and be counted old- fashioned wuxia flick.
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      • August 12, 2016 (China)
      • Hong Kong
      • China
      • Cantonese
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      • Bona Film Group
      • Sun Entertainment Culture
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    • 2 hours
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital
      • Dolby Surround 7.1
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