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The Lost Bladesman (2011)
Directed by Alan Mak, Felix Chong
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During the warring period of the three kingdoms, ancient China is in turmoil. To unify the country, general Cao Cao, the real power behind the Emperor, enlists the aid of the greatest warrior in the land, Guan Yu. However, Guan Yu is a loyal friend of Cao Cao’s enemy Liu Bei so to persuade the peerless warrior to fight, Cao Cao takes his beloved Qi Lan hostage. After leading Cao Cao’s forces to victory Guan Yu sets out with Qi Lan to rejoin Liu Bei. Now Cao Cao has deemed him too great a threat to live, and on the journey he must face all the forces at the Emperor’s command sent to destroy him.
Length 107 minutes
Actors
Donnie Yen | Jiang Wen | Sun Li | Alex Fong Chung-Sun | Shao Bing | Andy On | Wang Xuebing | Wang Bo-Chieh | 董勇 | Li Zonghan | Nie Yuan | Chin Siu Ho | Zhou Bo | 余皑磊 | Hei Zi | Sang Ping | Chen Hong
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/02/2019 | TV | DVD | Library | 5.5 stars |
| (Average) 5.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Found a Donnie Yen movie I haven’t seen at the Lake Forest library. Wasn’t crazy about this historical period piece. Yen is fine but he’s essentially a superpowered being that can take on armies of men and defeat them all with his fighting prowess. This is a Three Kingdoms story where this super badass general is forced to fight for the opposing side eventually moving up in rank then walking away much to the dismay of the General (Wen Jiang) that brought him in. So the order goes out to murder Yen’s character so it becomes a video game plotline of facing one boss after another. Some decent wire-fu fights but also nothing particularly interesting.
More fun to see Jiang and Yen together as unlikely allies then enemies which they later become (gay) partners in ROGUE ONE.
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