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The Warlords

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Original title

Tau ming chong - Ci ma (The Warlords)

Year

2007

Running time

127 min.

Country

China

Director

Peter Chan

Screenwriter

Chun Tin-Nam, Junli Guo, Jiping He, Huang Jianxin, Jojo Hui, Aubrey Lam, Lan Xu, James YuenSee 4 More

Cast

Music

Comfort Chan, Peter Kam, Leon Ko

Cinematography

Arthur Wong

Producer

Co-production China-Hong Kong;

China Film Group, Media Asia Films, Morgan & Chan Films

Genre

Action. Drama. War. Adventure | 19th Century. Epic film

Synopsis

It's a heroic tale of three blood brothers and their struggle in the midst of war and political upheaval. It is based on "The Assassination of Ma," a Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) story about the killing of general Ma Xinyi.

Set in the midst of war and political upheaval during the Taiping Rebellion of the 1860s, WARLORDS stars Jet Li as General Pang, who barely survives a brutal massacre of his fellow soldiers by playing dead, and joins a band of bandits led by Er Hu (Andy Lau) and Wu Yang (Takeshi Kaneshiro). After fighting back attackers from an helpless village, the three men take an oath to become “blood brothers,” pledging loyalty to one another until death, but things quickly turn sour and the three men become embroiled in a web of political deceit, and a love triangle between Pang, Er Hu and a beautiful courtesan (Wu Jing-Lei).

Rankings Position

#141 Best Chinese Movies of all time

Awards: 2008: Academia of Cinema of Hong Kong: 7 Awards principales, including Best Movie

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Critics' reviews

"'The Warlords, ultimately, tries to speak to the futility of war - but it does so by staging one gargantuan dustup after another"

Steven Rea: Philadelphia Inquirer

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The Warlords

2007

Peter Chan

6.0

(1,519)