The warlords - 投名状

'PETER CHAN HAS DONE A GREAT JOB ... '

I have been expecting this movie because it is directed by Peter Chan (陳可辛).. previously Peter has directed two movies which i like them so much, the first one is Comrades: Almost a Love Story '甜蜜蜜', which has won 9 awards out of 11 nominations at 16th HK film awards (so far it is still the record of most awards won in HK film awards). the second movie is Perhaps Love '如果·愛', it is a moulin rouge type of musical love story.. both movies are great!!

This is first time Peter directed a war or martial act movie and it is a very big different from the modern love and musical story.. overall, i like this movie, Peter did a great job again!! usually the problem of having too many famous actors in one movie is some of them may just appear as supporting role or do not have much chances to act.. but Peter still manage to divide their roles equally and each of the characters are unique..

the performances of the 3 main actors - Jet Li, Andy Lau and Takeshi are great!! personally i favorite Jet Li because he is one of my favorite hero, haha.. Jet's role in this movie is quite different from his other movies, i think this is the first time he acts a role which are cruel and will do anything even kills his brothers to achieve his goal.. great job!! i hope he has a chance to nominate best actor award for this role.. honestly, i don't really like Andy Lau's movie because to me his acting skills are not really impressive, but in this movie.. he does did a good job.. for Takeshi, the most handsome among all, haha... did a good job too.. i always like to see his beautiful eye which can easily caught my attention..

basically The film is set in the 1860s, during the Taiping Rebellion in the late Qing Dynasty in China. The story, based on an unresolved crime in 1870, tells of three sworn brothers (played by Andy Lau, Jet Li and Takeshi Kaneshiro) who turn against one another over a beautiful woman (Xu Jinglei).

highly recommended this movie to you guys, don't miss it..