I hope this one don't dissapoint. Looking at the fight scene, this may look messy.

there are not many chinese speaking director (apart from Zhang Yimou) that can make an epic movie with care. Most of them just lost it half way thru adn try to end it with some massive fight scene.

i was afraid this one will end up like those period movie that build up good but end up lost but happy to say i am wrong and pleasantly surprise that this rank among the best chinese language movie i've seen.

First of all this is not another HK offering. The moment the movie start and i saw the color, i got a feeling this is gonna be a serious one.

go watch this one. it basically has everything from action to drama and hardly any dull moment. Its actually a pretty complex story and the director manage to pull it out just fine.

i was wishing those fight scenes are better choreograph especially those one-on-one. HK is never short of good Kung Fu choreographer.

Jet Li's character is a victim of war. his intention may be good in the beginning. Being a field soldier, he saw the bloodshed and poverty. so when presented with a opportunity to right what is wrong, he took the chance. along the way, he got greedy and what started well end up with the mother of all evil... GREED.


In a way, the movie shows us the ugly side of war. you can't say what Jet Li did was wrong nor he is right. During war, people kill one another for survival. its also the very reason why we should not resort to violence to settle any disagreement.