Epic Movies?

[Azan27]

A really great movie I just saw was Little Big Soldier, a Chinese film set the warring states period of China's history, some time around 200 B.C., right before the nations unification by the Qin. The film is an action/ war epic style movie, starring Jackie Chan, one of my favorite actors, alongside Leehom Wang, Steve Yoo and Yu Rongguang. Not only does the movie star Jackie Chan as one of the lead actors, but Chan was also heavily involved in the production of this film. He created the storyline for the film, and produced it himself. This film is one of the long term projects he has been working on, and after trying desperatly for 20 years to get this movie made, he was finally able to release it in 2010. Chan's enthusiasm for the film is visible throughout his performance, and he gives one of the best preformances I have seen during his entire carreer. The film is action packed, with most of the main actors doing their own stunts, which lends a real sense of authenticty to the many sword fights, martial arts battles, and cross terrain chases throughout the movie. The film deals mainly with the conversation and competition between Chan and Wang's characters, a farmer conscripted into military service and a high ranking general, respectivly. The plot has a wonderful way of being portrayed first as simple, but weaving gently and poetically together as the story progresses. Throughout the movie, the action is near constant, but never static; the rise and fall in tension, as well as the switch between lighthearted and more contemplative moments, keeps the movie constantly fresh and new, flashing new details to the audience in ways they would not expect. Overall, this film is a great movie to watch, especially for Jackie Chan fans, seeing as he has poured his heart into the project, and (in my opinion,) his dedication has payed off. The film is in Mandarin, so most likley one will have to read subtitles if they see this movie. It is possible that the movie could have been dubbed in Russian, but I am not sure about this (it at least has both English and Russian subtitles.)

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