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An Empress and the Warriors (2008) (VCD) (Hong Kong Version) VCD

Kelly Chen (Actor) | Leon Lai (Actor) | Donnie Yen (Actor) | Guo Xiao Dong (Actor)
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Average Customer Rating for All Editions of this Product: Customer Review Rated Bad 5 - 5.2 out of 10 (14)

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April 2, 2009

This customer review refers to An Empress and the Warriors (2008) (Blu-ray) (Hong Kong Version)
An Empress and the Warriors Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8 out of 10
This takes place during a mythical time in ancient China when there are 10 kingdoms vying for power. The story relates to conflicts between two of these kingdoms, namely the Yan and the Zhao plus some internal power politics and how a young princess goes to Empress and from girl to woman and her relationship with the two most important men in her life (excluding her father). The more intimate scenes are well handled. For both Leon Lai and Kelly Chen this is their first 'historical' film of this type. The Blu-Ray edition allows one to clearly see the intricate patterns and finer detail on the armour on the various protagonists, to appreciate the clearness of the images of large numbers of men whether or not on the battlefield. The armour of Yan appears to be based on western concepts from the 15th and 16th Centuries whilst that of Zhao is based on Japanese concepts. The battlefield scenes are well done and I think for the first time include a large number of war chariots not normally seen in chinese movies of this type.
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August 20, 2008

This customer review refers to An Empress and the Warriors (2008) (DVD) (Hong Kong Version)
What a let down.. Customer Review Rated Bad 4 - 4 out of 10
With Tony Ching Siu Tong returing to directing, i had high hopes for this picture, especially with Donnie Yen as one of the casts but what a disappointment this film was. Everything is sub par; the romance, the action and the acting.

First with the romance; Donnie's character is in love with the empress (Played by Kelly Lam) and in some ways she feels the same for him (at least this is what we are lead to beleive in the brief flash back) but when Leon Lai's character appear she quickly falls for him. There is nothing to justify this as a successful romatic piece the relationships happen to fast to make the audience actually care.

The action in the film do not live up to my expectations i expected alot from Tony Ching but he failed to deliver.
Nothing new is shown here; the training sequence is rushed to get to the romance, the encounter between Donnie and Leon is a disappointment even though they are supposedly two extremely skill fighters, the fight at the tree house is another let down which lacks any logic because Leon is supposedly one of the remaining feared warriors in the whole of the kingdom but he does not demonstrate any skilled fighting prowess what so ever. The only action scence that entertained me was when Donnie had to one-man-against-the army and single handly take on the opposing enemy.

Kelly Lam has never been tha great of an actress and this is evident in her role as an empress she does not deliver her hard hitting leadership well and her sudden shift to all cutsy does not work but that is also the fault of the director and writer. Leon Lai as a warrior does not work for me and in this film there is no eveident of him being a highly skilled and feared killer as the film make him out to be. Donnie plays against type in the 1st half of the picture showing that the man can also do romance but the 2nd half is typical Donnie with him going all macho.

Overall mildly entertaing if not forgettable piece.
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August 17, 2008

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only Leon is great Customer Review Rated Bad 4 - 4 out of 10
The title of the film sounds good but the contents have no substance from beginning to end except for Leon's good look (he really looks fantastic even though he is much more matured now). Someone's going to have a nasty shock when the hot air balloon comes down!
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July 10, 2008

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A Let Down Customer Review Rated Bad 4 - 4 out of 10
I purchased this moving thinking it would show all three actors doing some type of sword play. I should have know it was not be with Kelly being in the movie. It was not enough action to keep me interested. Leon's character was wasted and Donnie's character was just a waste of a great martial artist. I would recommend to anyone to try to rent it first before purchasing it.
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June 22, 2008

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 Pretty good Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8 out of 10
I think people should take this film for what it is- a semi cute romantic action flick. If you don't go into this film with insanely high expectations you will really enjoy it. I liked it a lot. Having seen a bunch of Donnie Yen's previous efforts, and many Chinese films, I thought this one was, well.. Nice. Its not the overly dramatic Warlords, or a cheesy love story like My Left Eye Sees Ghosts, and its not a artsy "Hero" film either. It is what it is. That being said I think its pretty enjoyable. It isn't hours after hours of fighting. And yes the plot is semi predictable, but not that that is necessarily a bad thing. Given that so many asian films you expect everyone to be betrayed 100 times throughout the film. I liked it.
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Rhoda
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June 18, 2008

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 Could have been better Customer Review Rated Bad 7 - 7 out of 10
My buying this movie is because of Donnie Yen. Or maybe i expected somehing better. It's more of a romanctic tale rather than action. I don't like the ending, although it's sweet.

Still the action done by Donnie is something worth watching.
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June 15, 2008

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 Defeated Customer Review Rated Bad 6 - 6 out of 10
I was so happy to finally get to watch An Empres and her Warriors cause the cast alone made it so appealing--also, there was just so much hype surrounding its release, I felt like I HAD to watch it.

The beginning of the movie seemed promising, with your typical betrayals and more betrayals, but as the story progressed, it seemed overly simple, and the ending rendered the movie pretty much pointless. I can't really give more detail than that in my review just because the simpleness of the story would mean that anything I say may be a spoiler.

At least I found Kelly and Leon's acting to be much better than I had expected. The Donnie scenes, in my opinion, were very typical Donnie movie scenes.

Because the beginning had so much promise, I was hoping the story would just take off, which it failed to do. I also found certain seens excessive, and just...filler (maybe fanservice? Not sure).

Overall, a very simple, typical, and almost annoying story with big names tacked on to it. At least it was a very visually stunning movie.

In my opinion, Warlords, The Promise, and so on are much better choices than this (in fact, I personally loved The Promise despite all the flak it got). As soon as you see the ending, you'll know why I thought it was a completely...pointless movie. I see it was trying to give a strong message, but the delivery was just blah.
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Elly
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June 13, 2008

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 Not worth buying! Customer Review Rated Bad 1 - 1 out of 10
The film is slow and painful to watch. There is hardly any good action scenes. Kelly facial expressions are the same throughout, she is stiff in her acting. The romantic scene is ridiculous, hot air balloon?! I fell asleep, it was that boring. Expected more from Donnie's character, but as usual, other stars, Kelly and Leon takes the limelight and fails the film. Not worth buying or watching. I wasted money buying this film!
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June 3, 2008

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 Another waste of Donnie Customer Review Rated Bad 2 - 2 out of 10
I'll try to keep this short and not so sweet. The film is slow to the point of being painful. The score is spoilt by the use of synthesizers instead of a live orchestra. Donnie Yen, once again is not used to the best of his ability and the quality of the actual dvd disc itself is dreadful.
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May 28, 2008

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 That armor looks heavy Customer Review Rated Bad 6 - 6 out of 10
There may not be a more entertaining film than Empress and the Warriors -- though I say that for the entirely wrong reasons. This is a smashing comedy about a bunch of people pretending to act like warriors. Kelly Chen convinces as a struggling actress who lands the part of a lifetime, only to botch it by forgetting to act during key moments. Leon Lai is a total pro here, masking his boredom and apparently quite enjoying his fun treehouse/playset, where he can act like he's in Robin Hood or Return of the Jedi. Donnie Yen is pretty much a waste - until he remembers that people pay good money to watch DOONNIEEEE!!!, after which he explodes in a torrent of powerful preening and disturbing overacting. There's action too, plus some really heavy looking armor that hopefully was made of plastic. If not, then I wonder if Kelly Chen now has back problems.
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