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Disappointing! Kelly Chen and Leon Lai played a good pair, but I'm sorry to say Donnie doesn't fit this role. I guess Donnie should stick with the modern day action flick rather than period pieces. There are a few good parts in the movie, but sometimes the scenes goes by so quickly that it seems the movie is skipping some parts. This movie had potential, it was just bad direction that made it a disappointment. | | AGREE? | READER COMMENTS | AUTHOR | | Y | The Director and the editor are really the worst!!! | DL39484 |
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I liked this movie. It has a solid story and acting. Not really a full out martial arts movie. More like a love story with fighting elements. The character development was pretty good too. | | LOG IN TO COMMENT ON THIS REVIEW! |
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This movie will draw multiple emotions out of you. Excellent costumes, nice cinematography, etc. Interesting story and lots of action with a plot holding this together. And Donnie Yen is at the top of his game. I enjoyed this a lot. | | LOG IN TO COMMENT ON THIS REVIEW! |
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First off, let me say that the movie is more of a dramatic period-piece as opposed to a Martial Arts film, but Hong Kong film fans should have expected that in a movie starring Kelly Chen.
The movie is a fine drama about an Empress (Chen) as she struggles between her duty to her nation and to the people she cares about. The fight scenes interspersed throughout the movie, while relatively short, are decent, thanks to the talents of Donnie Yen and Leon Lai. Even Kelly Chen does a surprisingly good job in the action sequences.
If you want a non-stop martial arts movie, then look elsewhere, but if you want a good drama, then I would definitely recommend it. | | AGREE? | READER COMMENTS | AUTHOR | | N | The movie is badly edited, badly even directed, its story was trying to be a drama /action movie? But it didn't oustands anything at all, why they put even great actors in it, when the whole concept is with too much mixed bag of everthing yet also nothing | DL39484 | | N | "An Empress And The Warriors" has great shots, & locations. The movie itself is a disappointment for the viewer & cast. The movie does not know what kind of film it wants to be, it tries to hard for the audience to give them a mix bag of genres. | JV47842 |
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Great production value. I think the best filmmaking is coming out of Asia. The rest of the world could take a page from them. Would've liked a bit more fighting but the costumes were great. Is it me or is like all new Chinese movies about a good girl falling for a bad guy who ends up being a good guy but dies at the end making the good girl a better person? | | AGREE? | READER COMMENTS | AUTHOR | | Y | The story is told as being quite cheezy, not even original, why u say it is even the best filmmaking? It got me already annoyed at the first 15 minutes, replay anyone??? | DL39484 | | N | The movie fails on so many levels, it really does not know what kind of film it wants to be. I didn't enjoy it, because it was a waste of talent. Some of the best films are coming from Asia, certainly this is not one of them. | JV47842 |
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This wasn't very entertaining, low on action. It has a good action scene and some beautiful shots, but that couldn't save this one. I'm sorry, I wanted to like it so much, but that will not happen, even if I see it two or a three times. I hope Donnie and Tung stick to martial arts movies in the future. | | AGREE? | READER COMMENTS | AUTHOR | | Y | I agree with your review, I gave the movie a half star. It's just a messy movie. | JV47842 |
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I would've lowered the rating, but the movie looks beautiful so it deserves some credit. The action here is recycled from every other film, and Donnie once again is the only one capable of doing anything in this film but is held back. This film doesn't know if it wants to be an epic movie, a romance, an action flick, or a commercial film; and it seems to try all of these elements and comes out way too sloppy. Donnie Yen is the highlight of the film, and should've been, but no, he's just wasted. I was hoping to see him act too. A disappointment. | | AGREE? | READER COMMENTS | AUTHOR | | Y | I agree with your review. The movie is just all over the place. I did not like this film one bit. | JV47842 |
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| "An Empress And The Warriors" is a disappointing film for all epic/martial arts film fans. At first I was excited to see an off the wall action and epic movie, that the trailer implied. In the end, I was frusrated and disappointed that I wasted my money on this garbage.
The trailer of the movie was hands down awesome! But don't be fooled by what you saw in the trailer because it is not what you get on-screen. The film is a total chick flick with short and uninspired action sequences for the men. Plus this movie is not a Donnie Yen actioner. He is one of the supporting characters. The main stars of the film are the empress and the medicine man.
There is a lot of sentimental feeling in this movie. And with the sentimental feeling comes cheesy and cliched dialogue, such as "I'll wait for you". And with the cheesy dialogue we get a homemade balloon ride over the forest with some modern, poppy, and romantic song in the background.
The action scenes are rare and brief--we get the empress protecting the medicine man's tree house. The empress in a battle scene. The empress chased in the forest. And the notable action piece, the two-minute battle with Donnie Yen kicking ass. The final action scene has the empress fighting a one on one fight. Though it may seem like a lot, it is not. Again the action pieces are short. There are too many cheesy love scenes.
I cannot recommend this film to anyone. There was bad editing, too many sappy moments, and not enough action. The film is short but there weren't enough thrilling moments. I am giving this film a half star for the Donnie Yen scene, where he fights dozens of men. Again, there is no reason to buy this flick for that one reason because it is short and not too memorable for any DVD collection.
"An Empress And The Warrior" is a chick film with so many corny lines. It's as if the director saw "Titanic" and "Musa: The Warrior", then took the background of "Musa: The Warrior" and the lines from "Titanic", and cut all the action scenes from "Musa" to make a film about an Empress and a medicine man. This film is a waste of time and talent. |
| | AGREE? | READER COMMENTS | AUTHOR | | Y | This film didn't just disappoint. It actually hurt my feelings. | Garvinstomp | | Y | this review is funny, but your right about everything in it. This film is poorly done. The action was lacking for anybody that is a fan of these flicks- I hear you with this bein a chick film. I wanted an kung fu warfare combat film.- got love instead. | NinjaAttack | | Y | Your points were all right JV47842, The action was little & not enough for any kung fu, war combat fan. I agree, this is also a love story than an action epic. A disappointing movie & the hot air balloon ride wtf. A waste of time. | Ronin#47 | | Y | Agree, with your half star rating. "The Empress And The Warriors" was a terrible film, I expected a martial arts epic but I got a love story instead. The other reviewer is wrong about this movie, the action was not satisfying for any martial arts fan. | KungfuManiac | | N | This movie is a good movie for purchase. The movie provides several characteristics of war; love, hatered, jealousy, vengence, greed...The list goes on. The movie's action is satisfying and the martial arts is good for warfare combat. | Tenchu |
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