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Warriors of Heaven and Earth (2004)

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Reviews Counted:30

Fresh:20

Rotten:10

Average Rating:6.1/10

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for violence

Runtime: 2 hrs

Genre: Action/Adventure

Theatrical Release:Sep 3, 2004 Limited

Synopsis: In the tradition of Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, Warriors of Heaven and Earth weaves a thread of battle, comradeship and honor. Set in the ferocious Gobi Desert, the story follows two... In the tradition of Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, Warriors of Heaven and Earth weaves a thread of battle, comradeship and honor. Set in the ferocious Gobi Desert, the story follows two protagonists, Lieutenant Li (Jaing Wen) and Japanese emissary Lai Xi (Nakai Kiichi) – both first-class warriors and master swordsmen. After decades of service to the Chinese Emperor, Lai Xi longs to return to Japan, but is instead sent to the West to chase wanted criminals. His only passport back to Japan is to capture and execute Lieutenant Li, a renegade soldier wanted for leading a violent mutiny when he refused orders to kill female and child prisoners. Li and Lai Xi battle, but finally agree to delay their final personal fight until the caravan carrying Minzhu and a Buddhist monk is brought to safety. The monk, however, is carrying a sacred and powerful pagoda that attracts the attention of the region’s ruthless overlord, Master An (Wang Xueqi). Lai Xi and Lt. Li, accompanied by Li’s former posse of soldiers, who have forsaken their peaceful new lives to return to his side, must face the cruelty of the desert, the region's barbaric bandits and the brutality of the overlord’s men before they can finally face one another. -- © Sony Pictures Classics [More]

Starring: Jiang Wen, Kiichi Nakai, Wang Xueqi, Zhao Wei

Starring: Jiang Wen, Kiichi Nakai, Wang Xueqi, Zhao Wei, Harrison Liu, Hasi Bagen, He Tao, Wang Deshun, Yang Haiquan, Yeerjiang Mahepushen, Zhou Yun

Director: He Ping

Director: He Ping
Screenwriter: Zhang Rui, He Ping
Producer: Wang Zhongjun
Composer: Padmashree A. R. Rahman, Matt Dunkley
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics

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It's too busy courting genre cliches to mine anything transcendent, which runs counter to the promise inherent in the title.

Full Review Source: Bangor Daily News (Maine) | comment Comment
05/02/07
Christopher Smith
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)

Takes all the elements of the classic Westerns, mixes them with Eastern spiritualism, and comes out with a film that is at least noteworthy, if not especially brilliant.

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
12/18/04
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

There are scenes here that will stick in your brain for days.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
12/08/04
David Cornelius
David Cornelius
eFilmCritic.com
N/R

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Full Review Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch | comment Comment
12/03/04
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

For most of its two-hour running time, it's a pretty solid action yarn that echoes both the swordsman epics of Akira Kurosawa, as well as some of the Clint Eastwood Spaghetti Westerns.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
12/03/04
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

The movie has so much that's great that you forgive when it veers into Indiana Jones territory.

Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune | comment Comment
12/03/04
Sean Means
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune

The acting is uniformly compelling.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
12/01/04
Andrew Sun
Andrew Sun
Hollywood Reporter
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An enjoyably pulpy story, occasionally slow-moving and pretentious

Full Review Source: Las Vegas Mercury | comment Comment
10/25/04
Anthony Del Valle
Anthony Del Valle
Las Vegas Mercury

Unfortunately, the two main protagonists, Lieutenant Li and Lai Xi, are too much the strong, silent type to engage us as heroes, or even characters.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
10/01/04
Susan Walker
Susan Walker
Toronto Star
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There are extraordinary battle scenes in this film.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
10/01/04
Liz Braun
Liz Braun
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There's no denying its visual appeal.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
10/01/04
Rick Groen
Rick Groen
Globe and Mail
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N/R

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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
09/11/04
Boston Phoenix

Monotonous.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
09/10/04
G. Allen Johnson
G. Allen Johnson
San Francisco Chronicle
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Remarkable for its stimulating, metaphor-rich setting.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
09/10/04
Tom Keogh
Tom Keogh
Seattle Times

Warriors ransacks enough of the dust-swept battle genre (start with Sergio Leone, Akira Kurosawa, and John Ford) to have no rousing or opulent B-movie personality of its own.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
09/10/04
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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A fairly rousing example of the genre.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
09/09/04
William Arnold
William Arnold
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Be patient, and you'll get rewarded with a good old-fashioned castle siege that's worth the wait.

Full Review Source: New Times | comment Comment
09/09/04
Luke Y. Thompson
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times

For eyes that have overindulged in the stylized razzle-dazzle of Hero, the grit, dust, and occasional cheese of Warriors of Heaven and Earth come as a corrective slap.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
09/07/04
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly
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Easily one of 2004's most thrilling adventures.

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09/05/04
Wade Major
Wade Major
Boxoffice Magazine

A rollicking cross between Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Good, The Bad and the Ugly.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
09/03/04
Maitland McDonagh
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