Legendary Amazons
Stars: Cecilia Cheung, Xiaoqing Liu, Richie Ren | Directed by Frankie Chan
Let me see if I can get this straight: Legendary Amazons is a Chinese martial arts flick that involves a lot of silly fighting, a morbid love affair and some highly questionable familial bonds. That’s about all I’m sure of right now.
The film, directed by Hong Kong stalwart Frankie Chan (probably most well known for composing music for Wong Kar Wai), follows the predominantly female Yang family’s struggle to keep their only remaining son alive when he is summoned to battle by the emperor. Each of the Yang clan has their own specific skill set and is proficient in battle, so there’s lots of fighting. And betrayal, switched allegiances, returns from the dead and all that good stuff. I think.
Why I’m not quite certain is telling of many of the film’s flaws.
Stars: Cecilia Cheung, Xiaoqing Liu, Richie Ren | Directed by Frankie Chan
Let me see if I can get this straight: Legendary Amazons is a Chinese martial arts flick that involves a lot of silly fighting, a morbid love affair and some highly questionable familial bonds. That’s about all I’m sure of right now.
The film, directed by Hong Kong stalwart Frankie Chan (probably most well known for composing music for Wong Kar Wai), follows the predominantly female Yang family’s struggle to keep their only remaining son alive when he is summoned to battle by the emperor. Each of the Yang clan has their own specific skill set and is proficient in battle, so there’s lots of fighting. And betrayal, switched allegiances, returns from the dead and all that good stuff. I think.
Why I’m not quite certain is telling of many of the film’s flaws.
- 5/16/2012
- by Mark Allen
- Nerdly
Chinese movie legend Xie Jin has been found dead in a Shangyu hotel. He was 84.
The moviemaker was in the city to attend an anniversary for a school he once attended and when he failed to make appointments, hotel staff were alerted and checked his suite.
The cause of death is unclear.
In a blog posting on Saturday, actress Liu Xiaoqing, who starred in Xie's 1968 masterpiece Hibiscus Town, revealed she last spoke to the director on Friday as he was preparing for the school party.
Liu said Xie drank some alcohol at a banquet later that evening.
The director's impressive list of credits include The Legend of Tianyun Mountain and Stage Sisters.
The moviemaker was in the city to attend an anniversary for a school he once attended and when he failed to make appointments, hotel staff were alerted and checked his suite.
The cause of death is unclear.
In a blog posting on Saturday, actress Liu Xiaoqing, who starred in Xie's 1968 masterpiece Hibiscus Town, revealed she last spoke to the director on Friday as he was preparing for the school party.
Liu said Xie drank some alcohol at a banquet later that evening.
The director's impressive list of credits include The Legend of Tianyun Mountain and Stage Sisters.
- 10/20/2008
- WENN
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