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Date Posted: 12:21:39 09/04/04 Sat
Author: diana(usa)
Subject: WARRIORS OF HEAVEN AND EARTH September 3, 2004 NY POST
In reply to: diana(usa) 's message, "MOVIE REVIEW ---Warriors of Heaven and Earth September 3, 2004 NY DAILY NEWS" on 12:20:23 09/04/04 Sat

WARRIORS OF HEAVEN AND EARTH



In Mandarian, with English subtitles. Running time: 120 minutes. Rated R (violence). At the Angelika, Houston and Mercer streets.

THE Chinese western "Warriors of Heaven and Earth" has so many similarities to those old John Ford cavalry movies that you almost expect John Wayne to show up.

The Duke, of course, is nowhere to be seen as a camel caravan treks across the Gobi desert in the seventh century A.D. It's carrying a small Buddhist relic with magical powers for delivery to the emperor of China.

Along for the ride are a band of renegades, a quiet young monk and a general's daughter, played by the lovely Zhao Wei.

While Ford's wagon-train convoys were attacked by Indians, the Chinese caravan is assaulted by bandits. And they always circled the wagons in Ford's flicks; here, they circle the camels.


The action sequences are well done and the scenery ¡ª remindful of Ford's beloved Monument Valley ¡ª is gorgeous. But the epic, written and directed by He Ping, falters when it gets involved with supernatural gobbledygook.

http://www.nypost.com/movies/27969.htm

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Replies:

  • 'WARRIORS OF HEAVEN AND EARTH' September 3, 2004 THE NEW YORK TIMES -- diana(usa), 12:27:35 09/04/04 Sat
  • I'm worried about the box office,u know,it's not so good in china~~~~ (NT) -- tas, 23:21:55 09/04/04 Sat
  • The ticket rate of this movie will be greately affected by its widely broadcasted DVD market. (NT) -- Jerry, 02:21:35 09/05/04 Sun
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