Chan's old-fashioned, highly watchable mega-production comes complete with God's-eye surveys of mass carnage, the moist sounds of sword-skewering, and little or no discernible CGI.
The Warlords(投名狀)
✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ Read critic reviews
Hong Kong, China · 2007
Rated R · 2h 6m
Director Raymond Yip Wai-Man
Starring Jet Li, Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Xu Jinglei
Genre Action, Drama, History
Add to Watchlist
Please login to add films to your watchlist.
With his army slaughtered by the rebels, the injured General Qingyun finds unlikely allies in two bandit leaders after he impresses them with his fighting ability. With the bandits and peasants behind him, Qingyun develops a plan to beat back the rebels and save the Qing dynasty.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
Los Angeles Times by Betsy Sharkey
Like the best war movies do, director Peter Ho-Sun Chan has woven together an intimate story of men against a backdrop of history writ large.
Laden with gritty action, but with an emotional undertow that carries the drama even through its weaker moments, picture reps a strong comeback by Hong Kong helmer-producer Peter Chan.
The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis
Epic in scope but intimate in theme, The Warlordsheaves with spectacular battles and the relentless sway of self-interest over conscience.
New York Daily News by Joe Neumaier
The scope of director Peter Chan's military drama is impressive, though this sometimes-rousing depiction of strategy and loyalty in mid-1800s China pales next to recent, similar historical epics like "Red Cliff" and "Mongol."
The film lurches through narrative incidents: Battle scenes, political intrigue and a ticking-time-bomb love triangle are all pitched at the level of mundane competence and rarely get the blood racing.
The guy story is so strong that conventional romantic interludes with the woman torn between two men could easily have been dropped.
It's a surprisingly nuanced and sober tale of brotherhood and betrayal.
The Warlords relies too much on combat movie clichés and corny sentiment, weighted down by speeches about heroism and hypocrisy.
Users who liked this film also liked
The Warrior
(무사)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Korea, China • 2001
- Director Kim Sung-soo
- Cast Jung Woo-sung, Ahn Sung-ki, Ju Jin-Mo, Park Yong-woo, Zhang Ziyi, Park Jeong-hak
- Genre History, Drama, Action
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Outpost
You can't kill what's already dead!
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2008
- Director Steve Barker
- Cast Ray Stevenson, Julian Wadham, Richard Brake, Paul Blair, Brett Fancy, Enoch Frost
- Genre Action, Adventure, Horror
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Vudu
XXY
Sex makes us men and women. Or both things.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Argentina, Spain, France • 2007
- Director Lucía Puenzo
- Cast Inés Efron, Martín Piroyansky, Ricardo Darín, Valeria Bertuccelli, Germán Palacios, Guillermo Angelelli
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, VIX , Freevee, Xumo Play, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
Assembly
(集结号)
Every sacrifice deserves to be immortalized.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China, Hong Kong • 2007
- Director Feng Xiaogang
- Cast Zhang Hanyu, Deng Chao, Yuan Wenkang, Tang Yan, Liao Fan, Baoqiang Wang
- Genre Action, History
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon
(三国之见龙卸甲)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- China, Korea, Hong Kong • 2008
- Director Daniel Lee Yan-Kong
- Cast Andy Lau, Sammo Hung, Maggie Q, Damian Lau, Ti Lung, Elliot Ngok
- Genre Action, History, Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Freevee
An Empress and the Warriors
(江山美人)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong, China • 2008
- Director Tony Ching Siu-Tung
- Cast Kelly Chen, Donnie Yen, Leon Lai, Guo Xiaodong, Kau Jan-Hoi, Zhang Shan
- Genre Action, Adventure, History
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
(ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版:序)
A teenage boy in a futuristic vision of Tokyo joins a clandestine military group to fight aliens set on eradicating humanity.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2007
- Director Hideaki Anno
- Cast Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Kotono Mitsuishi, Yuriko Yamaguchi, Akira Ishida, Fumihiko Tachiki
- Genre Action, Animation, Drama, Science Fiction
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Microsoft Store
The Legend of Fong Sai Yuk
(方世玉)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong • 1993
- Director Corey Yuen
- Cast Jet Li, Josephine Siao Fong-Fong, Vincent Zhao, Michelle Reis, Paul Chu Kong, Sibelle Hu
- Genre Adventure, Action, Comedy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Last Hero in China
(黃飛鴻之鐵雞鬥蜈蚣)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong • 1993
- Director Wong Jing
- Cast Jet Li, Sharla Cheung, Alan Chui Chung-San, Dicky Cheung Wai-Kin, Leung Kar-yan, Anita Yuen
- Genre Action, Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Escape from Sobibor
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Yugoslavia • 1987
- Director Jack Gold
- Cast Alan Arkin, Joanna Pacula, Rutger Hauer, Hartmut Becker, Jack Shepherd, Kurt Raab
- Genre Drama, Thriller, TV Movie, War
- Available on FlixFling, Chai Flicks, Vudu, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel
True Legend
(苏乞儿)
Su's life is destroyed when his vengeful brother returns from war. A new fighting style will give him the power to reclaim what's his.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- China • 2010
- Director Yuen Woo-ping
- Cast Vincent Zhao, Zhou Xun, Andy On, Guo Xiaodong, Jay Chou, Michelle Yeoh
- Genre Action, Fantasy
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, VUDU Free, Freevee, Redbox, Shout! Factory TV, Plex, Plex Channel
Creature Comforts
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 1989
- Director Nick Park
- Cast Julie Sedgewick
- Genre Animation, Comedy, Family
- Available on No streaming locations found.
A Grande Família: O Filme
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Brazil • 2007
- Director Maurício Farias
- Cast Marco Nanini, Marieta Severo, Pedro Cardoso, Andréa Beltrão, Paulo Betti, Guta Stresser
- Genre Comedy, Family
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Wait 'Til You're Older
(童夢奇緣)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong • 2005
- Director Teddy Chan
- Cast Andy Lau, Karen Mok, Gordon Lam, Felix Wong, Cherrie Ying, Feng Xiaogang
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
A Simple Life
(桃姐)
Companionship is imperishable.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong • 2011
- Director Ann Hui
- Cast Andy Lau, Deannie Yip, Fuli Wang, Paul Chun Pui, Leung Tin, Hui Siu-ying
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Cut
After surviving the Armenian Genocide, a young father embarks on a journey to find his twin daughters.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, France, Italy • 2014
- Director Fatih Akın
- Cast Tahar Rahim, Simon Abkarian, Arsinée Khanjian, Akin Gazi, George Georgiou, Numan Acar
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Hoopla
American Hangman
A new kind of trial
- ✭ ✭
- Canada • 2019
- Director Wilson Coneybeare
- Cast Donald Sutherland, Vincent Kartheiser, Oliver Dennis, Paul Braunstein, Matt Baram, Dan Beirne
- Genre Thriller
- Available on fuboTV, Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Showtime Apple TV Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Hoopla, Plex Channel
Sparta
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Austria, Germany, France • 2023
- Director Ulrich Seidl
- Cast Georg Friedrich, Florentina Elena Pop, Hans-Michael Rehberg, Marius Ignat, Octavian-Nicolae Cocis
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Full River Red
(满江红)
When an envoy dies right before an important political meeting, a soldier must discover the truth about the conspiracy.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- China • 2023
- Director Zhang Yimou
- Cast Shen Teng, Jackson Yee, Zhang Yi, Lei Jiayin, Yunpeng Yue, Guo Jingfei
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Rakuten Viki