Das Königreich der Yan (2008)

Das Königreich der Yan: Directed by Siu-Tung Ching. With Kelly Chen, Donnie Yen, Leon Lai, Xiaodong Guo. After the death of her father, a woman is forced to take over as empress and fight to save her kingdom.

“This is not a great martial arts movie, it is a good story, well acted and directed with something for everyone. It is like a cross between u0026#39;House of Flying Daggersu0026#39; and the Chinese warrior epics you may have seen. All the lead characters are believable, there is a good and evil story, a love story, a friendship story and an unrequited love story, oh and plenty of action. The fights are well choreographed, especially the larger battles with some scenes that look truly realistic, I donu0026#39;t know how they did some of them with no deaths ( makes the chariot scenes in Ben Hur look like Childs play ) I did get a bit bored with some of the lovely dovey stuff, but by the end of the film I knew I would watch this again. The end fight is worth waiting for, not just for the action but for the emotion shown by the actors.”