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  1. Dec 12, 2007 · The Warlords: Directed by Peter Ho-Sun Chan, Wai-Man Yip. With Jet Li, Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Jinglei Xu. China, 1860s: Having his army slaughtered, General Qingyun joins 2 bandit leaders in raids on rebels and in blood oath.

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    • Action, Adventure, Drama
    • Peter Ho-Sun Chan, Wai-Man Yip
    • 2007-12-12
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    Jet Li heads up the all-star cast as “Pang Qingyun”, a military General loyal to the Emperor. This was Li’s first film after declaring that 2006’s “Fearless” would be his last martial arts film. Thankfully, although the aforementioned “Fearless” would prove to be his last “pure” martial arts film, Li still demonstrated in this film and subsequent w...

    Set in China in the 1860’s during the Taiping Rebellion, “The Warlords” is based on the assassination of Ma Xinyi in 1870. Loyalist General Qingyun is the only survivor of a battle with anti-Qing rebels. He encounters a poor and starving village, whose inhabitants engage in banditry to survive, where he is nursed back to health by the attractive Li...

    From very early on it is established that the action in this movie will be based much more on the harsh realities of close-up military combat, rather than the balletic beauty of films like “Hero” or “House of Flying Daggers”. Through drifting, misty smoke the viewer is first introduced to a blood-soaked battlefield. There are no flashy choreographe...

    This is first and foremost a drama film, with the script often falling into melodrama. Thankfully the excellent acting performances of the four leads just about manage to rein in the occasional excesses of the screenplay. Although action fans should enjoy the battle scenes, those seeking wall-to-wall martial arts fights will be left wanting. On the...

    “The Warlords” won several awards including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor (for Jet Li) at the 27th Hong Kong Film Awards, and Best Film and Best Director at the 45thGolden Horse Awards.
    In the main epic battle scene, 8 cameras captured the action with as many as 500 stunt horses involved.
    The film was originally titled “The Blood Brothers”. Director Peter Chan said it was influenced by Chang Cheh’s 1973 film “The Blood Brothers”, which itself is based on a famous high profile assass...
    Director and Producer Peter Chan is a prolific Hong Kong filmmaker whose credits include “Heroes Shed No Tears”, “Curry and Pepper”, “Bodyguards and Assassins” and “Dragon”/“Wu Xia”. At the beginni...
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    The Warlords (投名狀), previously known as The Blood Brothers, is a 2007 Chinese–Hong Kong epic historical action film directed and co-produced by Peter Chan, starring Jet Li, Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Xu Jinglei.

  3. Jul 27, 2018 · In the wake of the skirmish, the Weird Seven, a group of powerful martial artists, take in Guo Jing and his mother, agreeing to raise the boy as their own. The Taoist promises to monitor and train Yang Kang, and in 18 years’ time, they will all meet up to see which boy possesses the superior kung fu.

  4. The Brave Archer: Directed by Cheh Chang. With Sheng Fu, Niu Tien, Danny Lee, Yi-Min Li. A young man must complete a series of martial art tests and overcome assassins along the way.

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    • Cheh Chang
    • 1983-06
  5. The Brave Archer, also known as Kungfu Warlord, is a 1977 Hong Kong film adapted from Louis Cha 's novel The Legend of the Condor Heroes. The film was produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio and directed by Chang Cheh, starring Alexander Fu Sheng and Tien Niu in the lead roles.

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