... The Warrior, Musa in Korea, is a period movie set in 14th century, that actually tells the story of China from a different view point, which is refreshing.
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The images of Asif Kapadia's first feature film,The Warrior, sear themselves in the mind: ... more
the warrior practising with his sword in front of a half-alive tree, or a close-up of a scorpion scuttling across the desert as a camel cart goes by. Restrained b...
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In 14th century China shortly after the Ming Dynasty seized power a Ming envoy to Korea ... more
was murdered leading to soured relations between the two countries. In efforts to mend ties Korea sent numerous envoys to China: one such group are arrested and ...
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Directed by the award-winning Asif Kapadia, The Warrior is a sweeping mythical adventure ... more
story about a lone warrior's spiritual journey from the deserts of Rajasthan to the snow-capped peaks of the Himalayas. Ifran Khan stars as the head of a small band of warriors in the employ of a tyrannical lord. A mystical encounter leads him to reject his violent life, but this decision comes at a devastating personal cost.
With five years of planning and pre-production The Warrior is possibly the biggest ... more
motion-picture event in Korean Cinema History. Featuring leading-roles current 'it girl' Zhang Zi-yi (crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) and Iron Monkey's Yu Rong-kwon, The Warrior is a compelling and often evocative tale of courage, love and sacrifice, detailing the incredible adventures of a small Korean peace delegation as they battle against insurmountable odds to secure the freedom of a Ming princess and return to their homeland through the harsh desert lands of Northern China.
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which the fate of a young woman becomes entwined with the extraordinary history of a Celtic princess. Jess a young teacher in London is attacked by someone she fears knows her well. Fleeing to her sister's house in the Welsh borders to recuperate she is disturbed by the cries of a mysterious child. Two thousand years before the same valley is the site of a great battle between Caractacus king of the mighty Catuvellauni tribe and the invading Romans. The proud king is captured and taken as a prisoner to Rome with his wife and daughter the princess Eigon. Jess is inexorably drawn to investigate Eigon's story and as the Welsh cottage is no longer a peaceful sanctuary she determines to visit Rome. There lie the connections that will reveal Eigon's astonishing life - and which threaten to reawaken Jess's own tormentor. Barbara Erskine's ability to weave together the past and the present shedding light on a real but little-known figure makes this a tremendous novel of Roman and Celtic history passion and intrigue.
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After a devastating military defeat Numantia is ruled by a puppet government for a ... more
foreign king. Damastes the empire's greatest general and the man who led so many to their deaths languishes in prison awaiting his fate. But even he hears rumours that the powerful wizard Tenedos the emperor drenched in the blood of his people is not dead but is amassing a great army to take back Numantia. Suddenly Damastes' skills as a soldier are at a premium: the turncoat government wants him to stand against Tenedos and Tenedos wants him to lead his army. Forced to escape and flee Damastes tired of killing wants only to return home. But no man can run from his destiny. Find out more about this title and others at www.orbitbooks.co.uk
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which the fate of a young woman becomes entwined with the extraordinary history of a Celtic princess. Jess a young teacher in London is attacked by someone she fears knows her well. Fleeing to her sister's house in the Welsh borders to recuperate she is disturbed by the cries of a mysterious child. Two thousand years before the same valley is the site of a great battle between Caratacus king of the Brtitish tribes and the invading Romans. The proud king is captured and taken as a prisoner to Rome with his wife and daughter the princess Eigon. Jess is inexorably drawn to investigate Eigon's story and as the Welsh cottage is no longer a peaceful sanctuary she determines to visit Rome. There lie the connections that will reveal Eigon's astonishing life - and which threaten to reawaken Jess's own tormentor. Barbara Erskine's ability to weave together the past and the present shedding light on a real but little-known figure makes this a tremendous novel of Roman and Celtic history passion and intrigue.
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A brilliant memoir...it is about being Chinese in the way A Portrait of the Artist is ... more
about being Irish; it is an investigation of soul not landscape its sources are dream and memory myth and desire; its crises are the crises of a heart in exile from roots that bind and terrorize it...Maxine Hong Kingston writes with bitter and relentless love. Her voice now is as clear as the voice of Ts'ai Yen who sang her sad angry songs of China to the barbarians. It is as fierce as a warrior's voice and as eloquent as any artist's' Jane Kramer New York Times Book Review 'This is a delightful book...tells more than i ever imagined about the strangeness of being Chinese and a woman; it also gives a superb account of what it's like simply to be alive' Victoria Radin New Society 'A strange enchanting book...As a manual of self- discovery through the channels and terrors of one's own rejected communal memory it is unbeatable' Guardian 'As a dream - of the "female avenger" - it is dizzying elemental a poem turned into a sword...reimagining the past with such dark beauty such precision and anger that you feel you have saddled the Tao dragon and see all through the fiery eye of God' John Leonard New York Times 'A book of fierce clarity and orginality' Newsweek
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India. 1879. Lieutenant John Howard witnesses something so unspeakable it changes him for ... more
ever. His subsequent disappearance is never solved.Egypt. Present day. Marine archaeologist Jack Howard makes an astonishing discovery on a deep-sea dive. What's the connection? Jack Howard doesn't know yet. But he's about to find out. This isn't just a treasure hunt; it's a desperate search for the truth. A truth that will unlock the mystery of Jack's great-great grandfather's disappearance. A truth so compelling Jack's pursuit is almost unstoppable. Almost. A formidable enemy from Jack's past has appeared in his present and this enemy will stop at nothing to protect its earth-shattering secret.
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Production Year: 2002 - Martial Arts - Director: Yimou Zhang - Original Language: Mandarin - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Maggie Cheung, Ziyi Zhang
Production Year: 1985 - Martial Arts - Director: Cory Yuen - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Kurt McKinney, J.W. Fails, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kathie Sileno, Peter 'Sugarfoot' Cunningham
Advantages: the film is real classy Disadvantages: a sad ending
...hitting, realistic fight scenes. The Warrior, Musa in Korea, is a period movie set in 14th century, that actually tells the story of China from a different view point, which is refreshing.
The film centres around a group of Korean diplomats protected by a band of Korean soldiers. However in the group is 3 main central characters. The main hero is Yeo-Sol, played by Jung Woo-Sung, Choi Jung, played by Joo Jin-Mo, an upper class, general, ... ...veteran sergeant, who all the men look up to. Yeo-Sol is a slave of one of the elderly diplomats. So this diplomatic envoy is on a mission of peace to see the Ming emperor. Upon arrival they are greeted by a very frosty reception, and are surrounded by Chinese soldiers. Sadly they are considered as spies and are arrested. Whilst being transported by prison wagons, the wagons are ambushed by Mongols that slay all the Chinese guards, but leave the ... more
I now have quite a few Korean made films in my collection, and I see Korea as starting to exceed when it comes to making martial arts movies. Where China tends to rely heavily on fancy wire work, glitzy special effects and fantasy elements to fighting, Korea seems to take a more mature approach relying on wholesome hard hitting, realistic fight scenes. The Warrior, Musa in Korea, is a period movie set in 14th century, that actually tells the story of China from a different view point, which is refreshing.
The film centres around a group of Korean diplomats protected by a band of Korean soldiers. However in the group is 3 main central characters. The main hero is Yeo-Sol, played by Jung Woo-Sung, Choi Jung, played by Joo Jin-Mo, an upper class, general, who is very incompetent, and bigoted, and finally Jin-Lip, a veteran sergeant, who all the men look up to. Yeo-Sol is a slave of one of the elderly diplomats. So this diplomatic envoy is on a mission of peace to see the Ming emperor. Upon arrival they are greeted by a very frosty reception, and are surrounded by Chinese soldiers. Sadly they are considered as spies and are arrested. Whilst being transported by prison wagons, the wagons are ambushed by Mongols that slay all the Chinese guards, but leave the Korean alive. However they are left to fend for themselves in a desert. They travel as best they can but inevitably with no water etc, some start to die. Yeo-Sol's master also dies but before he does he gives Yeo-Sol his freedom, and tells all the Koreans in the party that he is a free man. Eventually they happen upon some civilisation, and are saved but Yeo-Sol would not leave his masters corpse in the desert to the buzzards etc. Some strangers are offended by the smell and the sight of the corpse, and whilst Yeo-Sol is deterred them interfere with the body. Enraged Yeo-Sol takes his favourite weapon, a pole-arm with a very long blade and proceeds to kill all these men. This is where you discover the man can fight exceptionally well. Whilst they are at this encampment, Some Mongols arrive with a prison wagon off there own, only the captive is a beautiful Chinese princess. Very quickly The Koreans come up with a novel idea that if they save her they will be redeemed from their dishonour in failing their original mission.
Only things go awry when one of the Mongols escapes, The Koreans have the princess, but they also have a vastly bigger force now hot on their heels. But that is not all of their problems, all of the diplomats are dead and General Choi-Jung is in charge, not desirable. The general is a bumbling idiot and soon all of the men are rebelling. Not only that the General is getting feelings for the princess, but her affections are clearly for Yeo-Sol. Yeo-Sol and the general constantly lock horns and the general still sees him as nothing but a slave, and an adversary in is conquest for the princess. Only the sergeant can remotely maintain any slight semblance of control on the situation, but can it last? The Koreans problems just capitulate, but if they can get to a particular fortress before the Mongols get them, they will have reinforcements. Little do they know that there is no longer anybody at this fortress.
The film culminates into a climatic, battle not unlike that at the Alamo, centuries later in the Texas War of Independence, and an ending rarely seen in western made movies. The film addresses issues such as love, honour, social status, racism, and chivalry. Fantastic scenery, and epic fight scenes in this film, seek to plant a decent addition to any film collection. Like many of these epic Asian movies they are much better watched with subtitles, with the script as it was meant to be, the dubbed version is just total poppycock. The camera work is great as is all the acting, and there is nothing to complain about on the soundtrack. This film is in a similar scope as Bichunmoo {See my other review} but is more realistic, more earthy.
When i saw on the front cover that Zhang Ziyi was a leading character in the Warrior i thought "it must be good". Unfortunately the film was quite to the contrary. The battle scenes were outstanding and gory, but there's simply too much. This is the main focus of the film, not the plot.
The Warrior was just that. He killed everything with a pulse. There was little focus on the characters - their history, background etc. By the time you think you ... ...everyone dies, which was very depressing and not heoric.
I despised Zhang Ziyi's role as a spoilt and weak princess. I had little sympathy for her and found her pathetic. Such a waste of a very talented actress.
Too conclude this film was not defiant, inspirational or memorable. Big disappointment!!!!! ...
topcat1984 31.01.2007
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Advantages: If you were a fan of the Warrior, you need to own this Disadvantages: Pretty biased for a documentary
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Advantages: Not terrible - some good action Disadvantages: Patchy - unrewarding - slow
choreography and more dynamic camerawork emerging through the mid 90?s. 80?s action seems a step backwards from that, which tarnished my enjoyment of this movie some.
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Considering there are 100,000 people after them, there is a pitiful dearth of memorable characters to pick off. Out of all the gangs encountered by The Warriors, only the Baseball Furies spring to mind immediately, with their baseball bats a-swinging and their faces a-painted. The best fight scene occurs when a swarm of Furies fall on a separated huddle of Warriors in a park ...
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