The Promise (2005)
Empowered by the love of a slave (Jang), a royal concubine (Cheung) is given the chance to make an extraordinary decision. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Kaige Chen
Written By: Kaige Chen
Starring: Hiroyuki Sanada, Nicholas Tse, Cecilia Cheung, Ye Liu, Dong-gun Jang, Cheng Qian
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Action
AKAs: Master of the Crimson Armor, Wu ji
Country: China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea
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1. Roger Ebert: Your Movie Sucks (collaborative: moderated by Shmendrek - 4 stars)
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| Dec 02, 2012 | mclinusa | 86 79th |
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Lots of good fight scenes, though kung fu along the fantasy side. Decent CGI to make the scenery beautiful. Also decent story line. Good acting from the players, though not award winning.
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| Mar 31, 2012 |  |
SlantMag | 15 21st |
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"Pilfers as many elements from House of Flying Daggers as copyrights will permit." - Nick Schager
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| Jan 14, 2009 |  |
Mentaculus | 36 11th |
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Full of power-play posturing, overblown narratives, bombastic set pieces and truly nauseating CGI that would have lent itself better to one of Chow's moleitaus. But can I dismiss it? Not entirely. Its operatic form seems to latch itself onto some repressed recess in the mind where dreams become deja vu. So the ending is brave in its own way.
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| May 27, 2007 |  |
ckloss | 60 20th |
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Wonderful visual but no plot.
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| Mar 08, 2007 |  |
TheDenizen | 30 11th |
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Unneccesarily convoluted, and chock full of ridiculous CGI that looks like it's right out of Kung Fu Hustle. Hiroyuki Sanada is too good of an actor to waste his time on drivel like this.
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| Average Percentile 27.86% from 136 Ratings |  |