Hong Kong / China,
2007, 109 min
(Special edition: 126 min)
Plots(1)
Set in the midst of the Taiping Rebellion of the 1860s, THE WARLORDS stars Jet Li as General Pang, who barely survives a brutal massacre of his fellow soldiers by playing dead, and then joins a band of bandits led by Er Hu (Andy Lau) and Wu Yang (Takeshi Kaneshiro). After fighting back attackers for a defenseless village, the three men take an oath to become "blood brothers," pledging loyalty to one another until death. However, their lives quickly derail as they become embroiled in a web of political deceit and a love triangle between Pang, Er Hu and a beautiful courtesan (Xu Jinglei). (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Hong Kong Film Awards
- 2008 - Peter Chan (Best Picture)
- 2008 - Peter Chan (Best Director)
- 2008 - Jet Li (Best Actor)
- 2008 - Arthur Wong (Best Cinematography)
- 2008 - Best Art Direction
- 2008 - Best Costume Design and Make-Up
- 2008 - Best Sound Design
- 2008 - Best Visual Effects
- 2008 - Andy Lau (Best Actor)
- 2008 - Aubrey Lam, James Yuen Sai-Sang, Jianxin Huang, Jiping He, Jun-Li Guo, Lan Xu, Tin-nam Chung (Best Screenplay)
- 2008 - Best Editing
- 2008 - Best Action Choreography
- 2008 - Chatchai Pongprapaphan, Kwong-Wing Chan, Leon Ko, Peter Kam Pui-tat (Best Original Score)