An Empress and the Warriors - Donnie Yen

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 19 Feb 2008, 00:44

Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yj4F3d76II

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 19 Feb 2008, 09:12

Thanks LD, looks good

Ching Siu Tung was the AD on Hero, I believe.
Looks like Seven Swords or Hero IMO.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 19 Feb 2008, 11:14

Ching Siu-Tung used to be one of my favorite directors.
Duel to the Death, Dr Wai, Chinese Ghost Story, The Swordsman trilogy.

But he hasn't directed anything since Naked Weapon, I think.
Does he still know how to make proper films?

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 19 Feb 2008, 15:27

If Naked Weapon is anything to go by, then that's a resounding NO.
He directed the Seagal in thailand film Belly of the Beast, which was at least better than Naked Weapon in the unintentionally funny stakes.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 19 Feb 2008, 15:53

He needs to do another film with Seagal... or maybe it's the other way round

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 19 Feb 2008, 18:09

All these ancient asian army warrior movies are starting to look like the same thing.

I wish they would just go back to old-skool student/master/temple/kung fu flicks flicks. All those CGI armies are fucking boring.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 20 Feb 2008, 14:28

Naked Weapon was cheesy but entertaining... Belly of the Beast was just plain shite.

Beat TG · Post by **Beat TG** » 02 Apr 2008, 18:07

LoveHKFilm review: http://lovehkfilm.com/reviews_2/empress ... riors.html

a huge step back for Ching Siu-Tung it seems. I'll just have to watch this in any case.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 02 Apr 2008, 18:20

Thanks Beat.

I presume this isn't out on DVD yet?

Beat TG · Post by **Beat TG** » 02 Apr 2008, 18:59

movie got released theatrically two weeks ago so presumably around May.