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Overall Rank: 37553
Average Rating: 2.5/4
# of Ratings: 2
Theatrical Release Date: 11/19/2011
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action, Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Daniel Lee
Actors: Shaofeng Feng, Leon Lai, Hanyu Zhang, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Yifei Liu, Jordan Chan
Plot: Two rebellious generals unite to overthrow the emperor but a rift opens between them when deciding who should rule in his stead.
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"White Vengeance" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 11/09/2013
Two rebellious generals unite to overthrow the emperor but a rift opens between them when deciding who should rule in his stead. Like Red Cliff, White Vengeance is a Chinese historical epic based around the battle of wits between two competing armies and their tacticians. While John Woo's film centred around the characters and their motivations, this film instead chooses ham-fisted gaming analogies to the point where the big centrepiece of the film is actually a game of speed chess set to dramatic music and swirling wobbly-cam to make it look dramatic and exciting to any viewer with the attention span of an invertebrate. That's not to say that White Vengeance is without merit; the visuals are full of the requisite high quality costume design, epically scaled battles and well orchestrated …
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