Set during the Ming Dynasty in China, Reign of Assassins is a period martial arts film, with more of a focus on swordplay than hand-to-hand
Tag: Chinese cinema
Film review – Red Cliff (2008)
NOTE: This review discusses the Western release version of Red Cliff, which condenses the two-part Asian releases version into one single 148 minute film. John
DVD review – Raise the Red Lantern (1991), Region 4, Rajon Vision
Set in China in the 1920s, Raise the Red Lantern focuses on Songlian, played by Gong Li (2046, Memoirs of a Geisha), a young woman