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He Ping, the director of the cult classic SWORDSMAN IN DOUBLE FLAG TOWN and the better-known RED FIRECRACKER, GREEN FIRECRACKER, enters the big time with WARRIORS OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, an epic battle between two heroic figures fighting for themselves and for their countries. When Li (Jiang Wen) refuses to kill innocent women and .. Read more

Starring Jiang Wen, Kiichi Nakai, Zhao Wei
Director He Ping
Genres Action/Adventure, Thriller, World Cinema

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Warriors Of Heaven And Earth

He Ping, the director of the cult classic SWORDSMAN IN DOUBLE FLAG TOWN and the better-known RED FIRECRACKER, GREEN FIRECRACKER, enters the big time with WARRIORS OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, an epic battle between two heroic figures fighting for themselves and for their countries. When Li (Jiang Wen) refuses to kill innocent women and children, he becomes a rogue soldier without a land. Master swordsman Lai Xi (Nakai Kiichi) is ordered to assassinate him if wants to get back to to his home in Japan and see his mother before she dies. But first they must join together to help a caravan with precious cargo make its way safely across the desert--with a beautiful woman, Wen Zhu (SHAOLIN SOCCER's Zhao Wei), caught in between them. The gorgeous cinematography is by Zhao Fei, who shot such Asian epics as RAISE THE RED LANTERN as well as such Woody Allen films as SWEET AND LOWDOWN and SMALL TIME CROOKS. The lush look of the film is echoed by A.R. Rahman's marvelous score and outstanding costuming and set design. Ping masterfully recreates seventh-century China as horses and camels lead the protagonists down the famous Silk Road during the time of the Tang Dynasty.

Starring Jiang Wen, Kiichi Nakai, Zhao Wei
Director He Ping
Studio COLUMBIA TRI-STAR HOME VIDEO
Run time DVD: 1 hr 50 mins
Blu-ray: 1 hr 59 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 15.gif
Genres Action/Adventure, Thriller, World Cinema
Language Mandarin
Dubbed English, Spanish
Hearing-impaired English
Subtitles English
Released DVD: 13 Dec 2004
Blu-ray: not available
Production year: 2003
Format DVD

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    Rated - 3 stars

    Very Enjoyable

    This film, in the standard ?period Chinese action/drama? genre, is beautifully made with a Western budget. Set in the Tang dynasty the story centres on a camel caravan, headed along the great Silk Road out of India and headed for the Chinese capital, it hides an awesome secret cargo that occupies all the characters in various ways. It is a sweeping, epic plot set in many varied and beautiful landscapes from the Gobi desert, the Fire Mountains, an outpost village, an emerald oasis and the Chinese capital city. The plot and pace is gripping especially as the film moves to the climax, with plenty of great fight sequences choreographed by Hong Kong's finest. The tension of the earthly and the spiritual, hence the title, also keeps it interesting. Playing all the various characters is a great ensemble cast of top Asian actors. The villain of the piece is a Nero type complete with 'violin'. He is totally self-obsessed and has a suitably gorgeous costume and appearance.

    This film actually doesn't star Ziyi Zhang in the token female part but (in my partner's opinion) a far more beautiful actress, who was also in So Close. There is a romantic sub-plot, but thankfully it is kept well reined in, so that it doesn't slow the pace of the film. Though the secret revealed may seem fantastical and therefore stupid to some. It helps to see it as symbolic of the real effect the outcome, of the events described, had in the period portrayed.

    This film is not particularly outstanding but it certainly gripped me and kept me entertained for the entire running time. So it?s well worth watching, especially if you like this type of film, as I do. The Warrior is another similar film you might like.

    And by the way, even at 3 stars, it?s much better than the heavily advertised disappointment that was House of the Flying Daggers.

      • A customer from Stowmarket, England
      • Posted 15 Jan 2005 22:56

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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Epic Movie!

    Ignore all reviews of this movie so far!

    Its splendid in every sense, great action, superb story, great actors all round top of the martial arts pop! RENT IT!!

      • Jet Li from China
      • Posted 31 Jan 2007 06:55

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