The Warlords

The Warlords

By ChinaFilm.com Published: 2008-09-04

In an age of famine and war in the middle of 19th century China, three men unite as blood brothers to initially lead 108 men against the ruling armies of their time, succeed and establishes peace. Jet Li is Pang, a general whose troops were slaughtered by the Kui army. He is befriended and becomes blood brothers with the leaders of a bandit army, Er Hu and Wu Yang played by Andy Lau and Takeshi Kaneshiro, respectively. Pang also develops an attraction for Lian, Er Hu's wife who comforted him when he was at rock-bottom before joining the bandit army. Driven by the basic need for food to survive, the three increase their bandit army to 800, and they forge deals with rich lords for provisions and assistance from their armies in exchange for defeating their enemies. The three's bandit army does the fighting and dying, while the rich lords' armies secure victory in the final wave of attack.
Screenplay: Xu Lan, Chun Tin-Nam, Aubery Lam
Director: Peter Chan
Cinematography: Arthur Wong
Music: Chan Kwong Wing, Peter Kam
Starring: Jet Li, Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Xu Jinglei
Running time: 127 min.
Production Co.: China Film Group Corp., Media Asia Films Ltd.
Produced in 2008