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December 13, 2004 "Please retry" | — | 1 | $9.77 | $4.74 |
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| Genre | Foreign |
| Format | Dolby, Dubbed, Multiple Formats, AC-3, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen, Color |
| Contributor | Yeerjiang Mahepushen, Tao Ho, Yun Zhou, Rui Zhang, Kiichi Nakai, Haibin Li, Wei Zhao, Linian Lu, Xueqi Wang, Ping He, Bagen Hasi, Chuangao Hou, Wen Jiang, Deshun Wang See more |
| Language | Cantonese |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 54 minutes |
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Anybody hungering for a good old-fashioned Western needs to check out Warriors of Heaven and Earth, which--although it's set in 7th-century China--has all the valor and spectacle of a John Ford picture. It also has a goofy supernatural streak, for the chopsocky crowd. The opening 10 minutes or so offer an alarmingly convoluted plot, but it swiftly settles down. What's going on is that a long-exiled Japanese hit man (Kiichi Nakai), hired to kill a renegade Chinese warrior (Jiang Wen), temporarily teams up with his quarry in order to escort a camel caravan along the Spice Road. Of course, they are menaced by a brutal warlord, and beautiful Zhao Wei (So Close) is mixed in there too. Director He Ping (Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker) captures some magnificent vistas in the Gobi Desert, but more importantly he sketches the codes or honor and behavior essential to any such tale. --Robert Horton
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- Aspect Ratio : 2.40:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : R (Restricted)
- Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.75 inches; 4 ounces
- Director : Ping He
- Media Format : Dolby, Dubbed, Multiple Formats, AC-3, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen, Color
- Run time : 1 hour and 54 minutes
- Release date : December 7, 2004
- Actors : Wen Jiang, Kiichi Nakai, Xueqi Wang, Wei Zhao, Bagen Hasi
- Dubbed: : English, French, Spanish, Portuguese
- Subtitles: : English, French, Spanish, Portuguese
- Language : Japanese (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Portuguese (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1)
- Studio : Sony Pictures
- ASIN : B000683VH0
- Writers : Ping He, Rui Zhang
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #174,372 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #2,817 in Foreign Films (Movies & TV)
- #15,745 in Action & Adventure DVDs
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She isn't wrong.
This has everything the genre promises. Group solidarity. Fight scenes. Loyalty. Treachery. Evil barbarians. Stalwart foreigners improved by Chinese culture. Tragedy. A touch of magic. Reverence for the Tang Dynasty. Gorgeous landscapes.
It also has a fantastic soundtrack by the Indian composer A R Rahman
He Ping, the director of the cult classic SWORDSMAN IN DOUBLE FLAG TOWN and the better-known RED FIRECRACKER, GREEN FIRECRACKER, enters the big time with WARRIORS OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, an epic battle between two heroic figures fighting for themselves and for their countries. When Li (Jiang Wen) refuses to kill innocent women and children, he becomes a rogue soldier without a land. Master swordsman Lai Xi (Nakai Kiichi) is ordered to assassinate him if wants to get back to to his home in Japan and see his mother before she dies. First they join together to help a caravan carrying precious cargo make its way safely across the desert--with a beautiful woman, Wen Zhu (SHAOLIN SOCCER's Zhao Wei), caught in between them. The gorgeous cinematography is by Zhao Fei, who shot such Asian epics as RAISE THE RED LANTERN as well as such Woody Allen films as SWEET AND LOWDOWN and SMALL TIME CROOKS. The lush look of the film is echoed by A.R. Rahman's marvelous score and outstanding costuming and set design. Ping masterfully recreates seventh-century China as horses and camels lead the protagonists down the famous Silk Road during the time of the Tang Dynasty.
The scenery is large and beautiful, the fighting is intense, personal, gritty and realistic - no wire work or eye-rolling combat here. Without spoilers, there is a supernatural element in the movie but it does not affect the realism, and instead only intensifies the struggle. Must see.
There is native and english language. The english subtitle doesn't track english dubbed.
The dub is terrible - should have had actors speak english.
It's very good advenure film with a bit of fantasy.
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The story synopsis (two men, one sent to kill the other, put aside their differences to protect a monk carrying a secret artefact) doesn't really do the film justice .. this is a story of courage and honour. And big swords..
The film is superbly produced and acted, and the scenery does a good job of conveying the epicness of the tale (in the end, the soldiers realise they are fighting for more than their own lives).
The film deserves five stars, but only for the original language version. Hopefully, the DVD (not released at time of writing) will have the original version (subtitled) as well as the English dubbed version. Dubbing kills films like this .. the DVD deserves to have at least one star docked (and the DVD producers deserve a slapped wrist!!) if the original version is not present.
I have many Martial Arts films, although Sci-Fi is my preferred genre, but this one is special.
The acting is first class, the storyline is excellent and (as another reviewer mentioned) the cinematography is superlative. Some of the scenery is just breath-taking.
The cast is good too, particularly the two main characters although Master An (the main protagonist) provides just the right amount of menace.
The fight and battle scenes are also good and no 'wirework' to speak of. Surprisingly, the inclusion of a modicum of 'supernatural' special effects only enhances the film. There is also the odd bit of humour to relieve the tension so, all in all, a wonderful mix of action and adventure.
I have this as a DVD but have now upgraded to Blu-Ray and even though I could upscale the former the picture and sound quality is now much improved.
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