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Rating: 4 out of 5 Original Title: Mo Gong Release Date: 2006 Director: Jacob Cheung Netflix Link IMDb Link |
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Another large scale historicalish Chinese period war movie. How many of these has China made in the last decade or so? A lot. Battle of the Warriors has the same general elements as most of the others: a peaceful city in peril from a really evil invader where they are outnumbered at least two to one, a brilliant military strategist who will outmaneuver the really evil bad guy to save the day, lots and lots of arrows flying, gushing blood, an angsty “war is evil” scene, a quasi-love story, etc, etc, etc. It’s good, but it doesn’t stand out all that much from others in the same genre. In fact, you’d be hard pressed to find any film these days that comes anywhere close to the spectacle that is Red Cliff, but it is worth watching if you like these types of films.
