The Warlords

– A heroic tale of three blood brothers and their struggle in the midst of war and political upheaval...

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.10 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 6 Minutes
Release Year:
2007
Original Name:
投名狀
The Warlords (2007) - Also known as 投名狀

A heroic tale of three blood brothers and their struggle in the midst of war and political upheaval. It is based on "The Assassination of Ma," a Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) story about the killing of general Ma Xinyi.

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The Warlords (2007) - Trailer

Release Date:

12 Dec 2007

Language:

Mandarin

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Peter Ho-Sun Chan, Wai Man Yip(co-director)

Writer:

Tin Nam Chun (screenplay), Junli Guo (screenplay), Jiping He (screenplay), Jianxin Huang (screenplay), Yuet-Jan Hui (screenplay), Oi Wah Lam (screenplay), Lan Xu (screenplay), James Yuen (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Jet Li, Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Jinglei Xu

Plot:

It's a heroic tale of three blood brothers and their struggle in the midst of war and political upheaval. It is based on "The Assassination of Ma," a Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) story about the killing of general Ma Xinyi. The story was filmed by Zhang Che in 1973 as The Blood Brothers.

Awards:

17 wins & 24 nominations.

Production:

Magnet Releasing

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
63%
Metacritic:
70%