Released date: 3rd April 2008
Running time: 100 minutes
Genre: Action, Adventure
Director: Daniel Lee Yan Kong
Starring: Andy Lau, Maggie Q, Samo Hung, Ti Lung, Vanness Wu
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Inspired by the urge to unify all the nations in China, Zhao ZiLong joined army of Liu Bei as a lowly soldier under Ping An. That marks the start of remarkable lifetime adventure of one of the greatest heroes in San Guo Yan Yu. The young hero brings triumph battle after battle and is never defeated. He becomes the third of the renowned five tiger generals of the Shu Kingdom.
Liu Bei passed away and his son takes over with war still rages on. Once again, ZiLong raises his spear on the call of duty to go on the northern expedition to, once and for all, get rid of the Wei Kingdom. The final battle that will put his reputation to the test one last time.
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R-man said:
With such a boastful title, this movie has a great ambition. Andy Lau, as always, are charismatic enough to play one of the great heroes from the San Guo era, Zhao Yun or Zhao ZiLong. Vanness Wu makes a short appearance as Guan Xing, Son of Guan Yu. Cao Ying is played by the beautiful Maggie Q. Supported by good actors, the movie is actually able to capture interests of Martial-arts movie fan.
I am a great fan of Romance of the Three Kingdoms story and the news of this movie coming up certainly kept me on my toes. They say party preparation sometimes is more exciting than the party itself. This is true for this case. The storyline is made up too fast to cover the beginning of ZiLong joins Liu Bei's army up to his death. The fact that some main characters are fictional also bother me. ZiLong's main antagonist is Cao Ying which is a fictional character. I don't know about others but as a great fan of San Guo Yan Yu, I am disappointed.
The camera is always moving about violently during battle, which is a little dizzying. Probably due to the fact that most of the casts are not trained in martial-arts.
Conclusion :
Except for the moving-about camera and many things amiss due to time compression to cover 32 years of ZiLong's service, the movie still gives a nice coverage of how a battle in that era looks like.
For those great fan of San Guo Yan Yu literature, you will get a mixed feeling when you see ZiLong in the battle of Changban fighting alone.
Rating :
(4 popcorns)
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