The Emperor and the Assassin

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Liam D Director Chen Kaige (Killing Me Softly, The Battle at Lake Changjin) first entry to Wuxia movie is not one of the strongest but it still a solid movie Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/25/22 Full Review william d As beautifully filmed as it is, the story lacks coherence. There are superfluous plot lines and the story repeatedly jumps forward in time without warning or explanation. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review camille l En matière de production design, The Emperor and the Assassin est magnifique. Entre les costumes, les batailles et les décors, le film de Chen Kaige est visuellement éblouissant. Malheureusement, The Emperor and the Assassin est aussi particulièrement lent, long et surtout ennuyeux à mourir. Les 3/4 du film se passent dans des pièces fermées, avec des dialogues particulièrement empesés, des séquences entières qui auraient pu être coupées du film et qui semblent être des personnages qui répètent ce que l'interlocuteur vient de dire. Chen Kaige nous prend par la main tout du long et nous guide dans un épisode de l'histoire dont on parle très peu souvent en Occident mais qui peut paraître simpliste pour un film de 2h42. C'est dommage, car cela affaiblit énormément le film. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member awesome historical pic Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member This was a large scale Chinese historical epic. It was rather long at 162 mins. The story concerns the ancient struggle to consolidate China into one state or country. There are a few battles. There is a lot of palace intrigue. It was mildly interesting, here and there, in some scenes. The overall story did not hold my interest. There is a much better film about this same period, HERO. The sets, costuming, and cinematography were all very good. Gong Li, as the concubine, Lady Zhao, is very good; and easy-on-the-eyes. I would skip this movie and check out HERO instead. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review kevin w Loads of costumer details, wartime battles, and a bit of Chinese history combine to make for an interesting couple of hours as the King of Qin ignominiously struggles to unite a divided China dead set against any grand uniting schemes or dreams (imagine as if Napolean tried uniting Europe, w/o all that annoying English spoiling interference!). Along the way there's spikes in the action, time for some fingerpointing drama, Dallas/Dynasty style, but not so much so as you lose track of the mostly unknown to the West story. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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