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Three Kingdoms: Resurrection Of The Dragon (三國之見龍卸甲)

Author duststar | 06.04.2008 | Category Movie, Three Kingdoms: Resurrection Of The Dragon

A Not-So-Professional Review

The entire movie lasted 100 minutes, with a rating of NC-16 (due to some blood splattering scenes), and backed by strong casts from both China and Hong Kong. Andy Lau’s portrayal of Zhao Zilong is as expected, good. So were the rest of the actors, notably Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Han De and Cao Ying. The Zhuge Liang character is a bit comical, and adds some “not-so-serious” touch to the movie.

The turnout at an eastern movie complex is about 70% full on a Sunday evening. If one is expecting the classic “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” movie, then this isn’t the one. The movie tells the life and the heroic acts of a “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” character, Zhao Zilong. The movie is action-packed (30%), dramatised (40%), comical (20%), and with some not-really-important scene (10%). You can tell that most of the audience were touched (here sniff, and there sniff) as the movie gets to the finale.

In my personal opinion, I will grade the show 7 out of 10. It is an inspirational piece of work that should not be missed, and with proper parent’s guidance, I felt that a rating of PG would be sufficient (Parent can take this chance to educate the young ones about consequences of war and provide some extra moral education as well.)

Synopsis

Zhao Zilong (Andy Lau), a commoner from Chang-Shan heeds the call of duty for his country torn asunder by civil war. He became a soldier, rises through the ranks, and became a leader who had courage and wisdom. He achieved independence of his country, liberating the land from the evil warlord even though he was born from a humble background. The achievements of his heroism became a legend because of his remarkable actions, honour and dream of a unified China under ruling of Shu kingdom. However, as years pass on, and the throne changes hands, his brothers in arms died, and the war still rages on. He has aged, and still fights hard. His only wish is to complete what he has started off. As he embarks on his final and greatest campaign, his story is unfold in front of us.

For more details, please see: Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of The Dragon [IMDB] or The Wikipedia
Official Website: http://www.resurrectionofthedragon.com/