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Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon (2008) 三國之見龍卸甲
(Cantonese: Saam Gwok Ji Gin Lung Se Gaap
Mandarin: San Guo Zhi Jian Long Xie Jia)
SYNOPSIS:
His country torn as under by civil war, Zhao Zi Long (Andy Lau), a commoner, heeds the call of duty. From the humblest of roots, he rises through the ranks on wings of courage to command an army charged with liberating the land from an evil warlord. Inspired by action, honour and a dream of unifying his divided nation, Zhao's heroism becomes a legend. But as the years pass and the throne changes hands, the war still rages on. When a newly enthroned king decides peace can only be achieved by defeating the warlords once and for all, Zhao embarks on his final and greatest campaign - a road to adventure that will crown his name in glory for all time.
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MOVIE TIDBITS: Based on one of China's founding works of literature, this period epic charts the heroic rise of General Zhao Zilong (Andy Lau). A conscript into the faceless war among the ancient Three Kingdoms, Zhao quickly earns his stripes in a series of taut and thrillingly stylish fight sequences. His friend and former commander Luo Ping-An watches and narrates from the wings as Zhao marries victory to victory, earning a place among the Five Tiger Generals. Decades later, however, an elderly Zhao at last meets his match in the sylphlike and cunning Cao Ying (Maggie Q). |
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This
unlikely
adversary
is
the
granddaughter
of
an
emperor
Zhao
helped
to
vanquish
in a
long-ago
battle,
and
it's
against
her
superior
forces
that
he
must
make
his
last
stand.
Director
Daniel
Lee
(Black
Mask)
brings
both
a
frenetic
energy
and
philosophical
scruples
to
Three
Kingdoms:
Resurrection
of
the
Dragon.
Lee
knows
to
linger
when
it
counts,
giving
meditative
space
to
his
breathtaking
frames
of
soldiers
massing
on
the
Chinese
badlands,
for
example,
and
pausing
on
Zhao
and Luo's traded confessions of a longing for home. These quieter moments gird the otherwise breakneck and dazzling action (choreographed, remarkably, by the stolid-looking Sammo Hung, who also plays Luo). The film takes themes of brotherhood and betrayal, duty and ambition, bravery and vengeance in its quickening stride, building to a climax as ambivalent as it is surprising.
Three Kingdom Resurrection of the Dragon Cast
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Andy Lau |
Sammo Hung |
Maggie Q |
Vanness Wu |
Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon Trailer
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