'The Warlords' is a good film. Not great as expected. Not excellent as I had hoped. From the onset the film felt dated, although some of the battle scenes are absolutely fantastic.
The first half of the film is exciting and action-packed, with some incredible action sequences. Pity then that the film became over-complicated, confusing and far too political during the second half, and towards the end. It also became much slower moving with too much (political) talk.
The film also forces a romance interest into an already crammed premise. There honestly was no need for the Liansheng character in the movie and she didn't really contribute much either. On the contrary, the character ruined some of the interesting moments and - as mentioned - only further complicated the film.
Although 'The Warlords' is an incredible production, it won't go down as one of my favorites, or most memorable films. I must mention Jet Li was very good in this film, in a very different role to what we're used to.
The first half of the film is exciting and action-packed, with some incredible action sequences. Pity then that the film became over-complicated, confusing and far too political during the second half, and towards the end. It also became much slower moving with too much (political) talk.
The film also forces a romance interest into an already crammed premise. There honestly was no need for the Liansheng character in the movie and she didn't really contribute much either. On the contrary, the character ruined some of the interesting moments and - as mentioned - only further complicated the film.
Although 'The Warlords' is an incredible production, it won't go down as one of my favorites, or most memorable films. I must mention Jet Li was very good in this film, in a very different role to what we're used to.