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2008 Certificate 15
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When the ancient King of a proud Chinese Kingdom is killed, the throne passes to his only daughter, Yan Feier (Kelly Chen - Infernal Affairs). Ill-prepared for the rigours of leadership that lie ahead, she relies heavily on her father's most trusted General, Muyong (Donnie Yen - Hero). But when she is poisoned by her envious .. Read more

Starring Donnie Yen, Xiaodong Guo, Zhenghai Kou, Kelly Chen
Director Siu-Tung Ching
Genres Action/Adventure, Romance, World Cinema

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The Empress And The Warriors

When the ancient King of a proud Chinese Kingdom is killed, the throne passes to his only daughter, Yan Feier (Kelly Chen - Infernal Affairs). Ill-prepared for the rigours of leadership that lie ahead, she relies heavily on her father's most trusted General, Muyong (Donnie Yen - Hero).

But when she is poisoned by her envious cousin, Wu Ba (Leon Lai - Seven Swords), she flees, choosing love over duty, and leaving the ever-loyal Muyong to stand alone against the insidious forces that threaten to tear their nation apart. Will the Kingdom be lost forever, or can Feier summon the courage her bloodline demands and return to fight her enemies and assume her rightful place at the head of the nation?

Starring Donnie Yen, Xiaodong Guo, Zhenghai Kou, Kelly Chen, Leon Lai, Weihua Liu, Shan Zhang, Bo Zhou, Jie Yan, Daichi Harashima, Yi-Yi Yang, Zhonghe Zhou, Asoka Liu, Dong Dong Wang, Xinyi Liu
Director Siu-Tung Ching
Studio CINE-ASIA
Run time DVD: 1 hr 39 mins
Blu-ray: 1 hr 39 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Action/Adventure, Romance, World Cinema
Language DVD: Mandarin, Cantonese
Blu-ray: Mandarin, Cantonese
Subtitles DVD: English
Blu-ray: English
Released DVD: 23 Mar 2009
Blu-ray: 23 Mar 2009
Production year: 2008
Format DVD
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  • 19 out of 20 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Good but gooey

    As always the production team deliver something that is gorgeaus to look at cinematically but the film falls foul on being over schmaltzy hollywood style and so is no where near as good as Hero or Flying daggers

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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Slow film but stunning imagery

    I'll be perfectly honest here, whether a film is good or bad, provided it's a Chinese historical war or fantasy film I will watch it no matter what.

    I'll start with the good news, I thought the Donnie Yen scenes were as spectacular as always. Very realistic, which is unusual for him, but at the same time he felt like one of the bosses in the Dynasty Warriors games, practically strong enough to take down entire regiments.

    I think this movie was very slow and in some parts borderline boring, I found myself not really caring much about the progress of the Empress' love triangle and I was just waiting for the next Donnie Yen action sequence. I couldn't help feeling that there was no particular chemistry between any characters, romance or friendship. Some parts felt rushed also, I think an extra 30 minutes or so to delve deeper into the story and add one or two more fights and I would happily have rated this a 4 to 5 star.

    Now I may be biased here expecting some sort of non-stop action rope-fest which is what China is brilliant at, I will admit, though slow paced this film is very vibrant and beautiful.

    I think that many art-critics would rate this movie highly. But I yearned for just one or two more action sequences. That being said I still am glad I watched it, it is FAR from a bad movie.

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