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Overall Rank: 24149
Average Rating: 2.3/4
# of Ratings: 4
Theatrical Release Date: 09/03/2004
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Adventure, Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ping He
Actors: Wen Jiang, Kiichi Nakai, Xueqi Wang, Wei Zhao, Bagen Hasi, Tao Ho
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Warriors Of Heaven And Earth" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 05/05/2012
An imperial emissary on a mission to bring a fugitive soldier to justice instead joins forces with him to defend a buddhist monk and his caravan. The usual mix of honourable men, swordplay and a beautiful princess is on offer but during the first half of the film, swap the caravan for a wagon train and the swords for sixguns and what you have is an old fashioned western. Half way through though things take an unexpectedly supernatural turn as we find out what it is they are protecting.The cinematography, locations and costumes are as attractive as we've come to expect in these post Crouching Tiger times but the narrative leaves more than a little to be desired; characterisation is minimal so it is very difficult to care when one of the characters is killed off and the plot consists of …
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