MOVIE REVIEW : THREE KINGDOMS (Mandarin)
Category : War/History, Drama / Starring : Andy Lau Tak-Wah, Sammo Hung, Maggie Q
Directed by renowned Daniel Lee, Three Kingdoms tells the story of a young soldier named Zao ZiLong (Andy Lau) during the history period of China, where the country is suffering from extensive internal wars which divide the nation into three kingdoms, namely Wei(魏), Shu(蜀) and Wu(吳). Zao despite coming from humble roots, fights hard and through his deep courage & passion in believing he could help unite his country, he triumphed and becomes a legend amongst the warlords and armies.
Critics have attacked the movie from all angles, starting from the story-line running away too much from the original Three Kingdoms novels, to poorly written scripts and unimpressive fight scenes. It is a war movie and audience will want to see great fight scenes. To me there wasn't much of that. It is still however an entertaining movie for the older generation to go watch, as they can relate well to the best selling epic novels of Three Kingdoms which most of them have read, and have a chance to see some old stars like Ti Lung making cameo appearances in this movie. Newer generation teen idols including Vanness Wu and Andy On also join the impressive list of casts. The movie does boast some grand scenes and beautiful sceneries.
Three Kingdoms movie trailer:
Rating : C+
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