Friday, 9 November 2012

The Empress and The Warriors

Another day, another Wuxia film. This one's about the conflict between love and duty.


Princess Fei'er inherits the crown of Yan after her father is killed in battle. Vowing to become a warrior worthy of her father, she is wounded and goes missing after an ambush and ends up being looked after by a doctor and former warrior.

A nice film, if a little tiresome in places, and the hot-air balloon was a bit ridiculous, but Kelly Chen is beautiful (but no Maggie Cheung) and the battle scenes are impressive. There is a rather unintentionally funny bit where a General, trying to restore order, shouts "No fighting in the Sword Room!" (a bit like Dr. Strangelove). You'll have someone's eye out with that!

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