Film Reviews - Monday, March 24, 2008 8:27 - 1 Comment

The Warlords (2007)

Director(s): Peter Chan, Raymond Yip

Starring: Jet Li, Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro,

Featuring: Xu Jing-lei, Ngai Chung-maan, Gu Bao-ming, Wong Fooi-wing, Zhou Bo

A loose remake of Chang Cheh’s 1973 classic Blood Brothers, The Warlords takes place during the Taiping Rebellion of the 1860’s, a bloody conflict that took more Chinese lives than World War II. The story centers on Ma (Jet Li), a general for the ruling Qing. After a harrowing battle which sees the decimation of his troops, Ma decides to defect and eventually links up with a group of bandits led by Cao (Andy Lau) and his right hand man, Zhang (Takeshi Kaneshiro).

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