Warlords (2010)


Release Date: April 10th, 2010
Director: Peter Chan, Wai Man Yip
Writer: Tin Nam Chun, Junli Guo, Jiping He, Jianxin Huang, Jo Jo Yuet-chun Hui, Oi Wah Lam, Lan Xu, James Yuen
Starring: Jet Li, Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Jinglei Xu, Bao-ming Gu,Xiaodong Guo, Zhaoqi Shi, Dong Dong Wang, Kuirong Wang,Yachao Wang
Studio: Magnolia Pictures
Genre: Action, Adventure
Runtime: 2 hours 06 minutes

“Warlords” is an adventurous film full of fighting scenes, brave and courageous men. The events, described in the film, take place during the Taiping Rebellion in the 1860s.
The film is the story of General Pang (Jet Li) who stayed alive during the cruel battle. He was the only one who survived. Soon after, Pang meets with the group of people, who are united with the common aim. Determined to be together and fight to the last drop of blood, Zhao, Jiang and Pang become “blood brothers”. The Taiping is their envy and they try to fight against its rules. Trying to feed the whole village, the Warlords face lots of difficulties and repulse from the imperial army.
The inner relations between the “blood brothers” are also difficult and become tangled with the appearance of a beautiful girl-courtesan Wu Jing-Lei. The love triangle and some political split play a dirty trick between “the brothers” and become the reason of their disintegration.
Confused by their feelings and desires, Zhao, Jiang and Pang are caught in a blind alley. The consequence of this contention is Zhao’s and Pang’s death at the end of the film.
The tragedy of relations in the severe world of political intrigues and war events is highlighted in the film “Warlords”.


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