In The Warlords, Jet Li plays a wounded survivor of an ambush on his unit by Taiping rebels. He is joined by Kaneshiro and Lau to fight the rebels, but his ruthlessness makes them question his motives. I’ll be honest. This is a typical Wuxia film. Indeed, most are indistinguishable from one another. There’s the [...]

The Warlords focuses on the war and political violent disturbances during the Taiping Rebellion of the 1860s. General Pang (Jet Li) joins forces with Zhao Er-Hu (Andy Lau) and Jiang Wu Yang (Takeshi Kaneshiro) after he played dead in order to survive the massacre of his fellow soldiers. The three men pledged commitment to one [...]

Director and producer Peter Chan was born in Hong Kong and raised in Thailand. Chan came to the US to attend film school at UCLA before returning to Hong Kong where he got a summer internship in the movie industry. Most of his early work were assistant jobs in production and set management. Including work [...]

A wide variety of films have some similar plot themes, but in such movies like The Warlords the mix of two different themes can make for an interesting concept. Mixing a love and deceit theme can be done fairly easily. This movie has seemed to capture the love triangle and political deceit aspect clearly. The [...]

“The Warlords” is a movie that tells the story of three men who meet in China during a time of war and political upheaval. These men are General Pang Qingyun, played by Jet Li, Zhao Erhu, played by Andy Lau and Jiang Wuyang, played by Takeshi Kaneshiro. These three must learn to trust and rely [...]

Released in 2007, The Warlords was Chinese director Peter Chan’s first epic action-adventure, coming on the heels of critically acclaimed dramas including Alan and Eric: Between Hello and Goodbye; The Love Letter; and Perhaps Love. The 1860’s war movie told the story of three sworn blood brothers who were united in battle, before matters of [...]