White Vengeance

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Jul 31, 2015 White Vengeance has some amazing scenes of tension and wit, but everything else is rather pedestrian. The huge battle scenes are no match for the cat and mouse game, with two former comrades vying for the throne after disposing of the Qin Emperor. Its also a bit overlong in its third act, but a nice twist at the end there. Its not something I'd recommend, but if you want an intriguingly overlong cat and mouse style movie with the occasional battle scene, then this movie is for you. See more Apr 27, 2015 135 minutes? Really? Long dramatic pauses and superfluous B-story could have been cut. Lee is a good director, but this look at the time between the Qin and Han dynasties is dull, even with fantastic cinematography and costumes. This is primarily a historical drama about political and battle strategy. Impressive amount of extras, and great settings, probably good for fans of the boring parts of Game of Thrones. See more May 10, 2014 A bit to complex with all the characters. At least for me, See more Feb 6, 2014 The most impressive part is the contesting scene between Fan Zeng (Anthony Wong Chau-Sang) & Zhang Liang (Zhang Han-Yu). See more Nov 7, 2013 Two rebellious generals unite to overthrow the emperor but a rift opens between them when deciding who should rule in his stead. Like Red Cliff, White Vengeance is a Chinese historical epic based around the battle of wits between two competing armies and their tacticians. While John Woo's film centred around the characters and their motivations, this film instead chooses ham-fisted gaming analogies to the point where the big centrepiece of the film is actually a game of speed chess set to dramatic music and swirling wobbly-cam to make it look dramatic and exciting to any viewer with the attention span of an invertebrate. That's not to say that White Vengeance is without merit; the visuals are full of the requisite high quality costume design, epically scaled battles and well orchestrated sword play. Unfortunately what punctuates it is just a lot of clumsy exposition barked between the lead characters alongside cod philosophy and confusing plotting that makes it difficult to follow who is on whose side and why for the majority of the time. Even the romance with the politely pretty and demure heroine seems like a half-hearted afterthought. There is an interesting message about how power corrupts at the very end but it's too little too late to salvage the messy, unconvincing plot leaving the whole thing with the feel of a box-ticking "state sanctioned" movie which is inferior in every way to Red Cliff. See more Jun 18, 2013 Story was interesting, fighting was alright, characters were alright, acting were alright, nothing really stand out in this movie, only part history telling. Although you can pick out the fault and language used. ie the way they speak See more Read all reviews

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