Warriors of Heaven & Earth [Blu-ray]

Oct 02, 2010 14:15:18

Brand : Sony

Get Special Offer!

Product Overviews

In the tradition of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hero, Warriors of Heaven and Earth weaves a thread of battle, comradeship and honor. Set in the ferocious Gobi Desert, the story follows Lieutenant Li (Jiang Wen) and Japanese emissary Lai Xi (Nakai Kiichi), both first-class warriors and master swordsmen. After decades of service to the Chinese Emperor, Lai Xi longs to return to Japan, but is instead sent to the west to chase wanted criminals. His only passport back to Japan is to capture and execute Lieutenant Li, a renegade soldier wanted for leading a violent mutiny when he refused orders to kill female and child prisoners. Li and Lai Xi battle, but finally agree to delay their final personal fight until the caravan carrying a Buddhist monk is brought to safety. The monk, however, is carrying a sacred and powerful pagoda that attracts the attention of the region's ruthless overlord, Master An (Wang Xueqi). Lai Xi and Lt. Li, accompanied by Li's former posse of soldiers, who have forsaken their peaceful new lives to return to his side, must face the cruelty of the desert, the region's barbaric bandits and the brutality of the overlord's men before they can finally faceone another.

Warriors of Heaven & Earth [Blu-ray] Reviews By Customers

This is a story about a Chinese official that was sent to the western part of Tang's China to capture a renegade soldier that will be ultimately executed. Incedently, when a caravan transporting a Buddhist monk and a valuable treasure is threatened by thieves, the two warriors might unite to protect the travelers. Although anyone could say that this is predictable story, the sequences of scenes keep the audience in hold with the plot.

The movie cast is well balanced specially between Harrison Liu and Nakai(this one with a great stoic character).

In addition, the different settings where the film was shooted were really impressive in terms of variety of colors and landscape.

Finally the disc features such as the "Making of ...." are very interesting and gives to anyone, a good idea on how complex this kind of "simple" movie could be.

Is a good movie to anyone who loves chinese history related films and is well developed.

Not a Bad Title, But still expecting a bit more - Jorge Rodriguez - Bayamon, Puerto Rico
I came up on this title after seeing Curse of the Golden Flower and was a bit dissapointed. The Grandeur that was expressed in the trailers was more than it really is for this movie but if you adjust your expectations you might enjoy it. Beautiful Scenery Great action Scenes although few and far between. This is more of a charater study movie than the action flick it was marketed as.

Read Full Reviews!

Speed of lightning arrival! - Baritone - MA
I ordered the dvid for my brother, and he was amazed to receive it two days later! VERY HAPPY! Thank you!

Read Full Reviews!