Recently we have been hit by a surge of Asian Cinema and historical war epics, The Warlords is one of them and with Jet Li you get some amazing action. Some of the greatest action war scenes i've ever seen were in this film, capturing the raw battle of swords and spears it really hits you.
Jet Li puts in an amazing action performance, but also an emotional one also as he plays the role in this film with passion. Andy Lau and Takeshi Kaneshiro put in powerhouse performances also, even clashing swords themselves in some amazing set-pieces. The epic scale of the film is evident, in some amazing scenes as you can see thousands of extras as warriors fill the screen.
To me The Warlords is just as good as Saving Private Ryan or any other big Hollywood war epics, because it captures the same raw passion of the period of time as well as the amazing fighting styles then. Even the gore and violence is realistic of the time, due to the brutality of the era of warfare. All in all The Warlords is worth seeing for all epic war fans, who want to see some amazing battle scenes.
The only issues I had was that it was too short for my liking, and something on such a big epic scale should have been longer.
Jet Li puts in an amazing action performance, but also an emotional one also as he plays the role in this film with passion. Andy Lau and Takeshi Kaneshiro put in powerhouse performances also, even clashing swords themselves in some amazing set-pieces. The epic scale of the film is evident, in some amazing scenes as you can see thousands of extras as warriors fill the screen.
To me The Warlords is just as good as Saving Private Ryan or any other big Hollywood war epics, because it captures the same raw passion of the period of time as well as the amazing fighting styles then. Even the gore and violence is realistic of the time, due to the brutality of the era of warfare. All in all The Warlords is worth seeing for all epic war fans, who want to see some amazing battle scenes.
The only issues I had was that it was too short for my liking, and something on such a big epic scale should have been longer.