{"data-model-common":[{"name":"lang", "value":"en"} ,{"name":"detail-page-free", "type":"replicant", "value": [ ]} ,{"name":"programmeDescription", "type":"text", "value":"<div style="text-align: justify;"> 2007 | Colour | 127′ | 35mm Director: Peter Chan Co-director: Raymond Yip Screenwriters: Xu Lan, Chun Tin-nam, Aubrey Lam, Huang Jianxin, Jojo Hui, He Jiping, Guo Junli, James Yuen Cinematographer: Arthur Wong Cast: Jet Li, Andy Lau, Kaneshiro Takeshi, Xu Jinglei In Putonghua with Chinese and English subtitles 2008 Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Costume & Makeup Design, Best Sound Design, Best Visual Effects, Hong Kong Film Awards 2008 Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Visual Effects, Golden Horse Awards </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Post-screening talk in Cantonese Speaker: Thomas Shin The Warlords is a profound examination of moral complexity in personal, national and humanistic terms. Set against a backdrop of the turbulent Taiping Rebellion during the late Qing Dynasty, it is the story of three men who, after enduring hardships of politics or livelihood, become blood brothers, sworn to loyalty to each other. They are then drawn into an intricate web of military and political happenings, resulting in a series of challenges to their fidelity to the pledged vows. Making things even more troubling is a romantic conflict, when two of the brothers are in love with the same woman… <div class="header-content"> Loyalty between blood brothers is a storied theme of Hong Kong cinema, especially in gangster films and wuxia flicks, often animations of the difficulties faced by the Chinese people in times of drastic cultural and historical changes. Adapted from the “Ma’s Assassination” legend, one of the “Four Strange Cases of Late Qing,” The Warlords adds complexity – at once moral, cultural and historical – to a tale that had been staged in film, opera and television multiple times. The moral ambiguity of allegiances between the brothers and the woman is not just dramatic but thought-provoking, raising poignant questions on complicated issues with no easy answers. The film’s complexity is a vivid illustration of the increasing sophistication of Chinese humanism’s development in modern times. </div> </div>"}]}

2007 | Colour | 127′ | 35mm
Director: Peter Chan
Co-director: Raymond Yip
Screenwriters: Xu Lan, Chun Tin-nam, Aubrey Lam, Huang Jianxin, Jojo Hui, He Jiping, Guo Junli, James Yuen
Cinematographer: Arthur Wong
Cast: Jet Li, Andy Lau, Kaneshiro Takeshi, Xu Jinglei
In Putonghua with Chinese and English subtitles

2008 Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Costume & Makeup Design, Best Sound Design, Best Visual Effects, Hong Kong Film Awards
2008 Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Visual Effects, Golden Horse Awards

Post-screening talk in Cantonese
Speaker: Thomas Shin

The Warlords is a profound examination of moral complexity in personal, national and humanistic terms. Set against a backdrop of the turbulent Taiping Rebellion during the late Qing Dynasty, it is the story of three men who, after enduring hardships of politics or livelihood, become blood brothers, sworn to loyalty to each other. They are then drawn into an intricate web of military and political happenings, resulting in a series of challenges to their fidelity to the pledged vows. Making things even more troubling is a romantic conflict, when two of the brothers are in love with the same woman…

Loyalty between blood brothers is a storied theme of Hong Kong cinema, especially in gangster films and wuxia flicks, often animations of the difficulties faced by the Chinese people in times of drastic cultural and historical changes. Adapted from the “Ma’s Assassination” legend, one of the “Four Strange Cases of Late Qing,” The Warlords adds complexity – at once moral, cultural and historical – to a tale that had been staged in film, opera and television multiple times. The moral ambiguity of allegiances between the brothers and the woman is not just dramatic but thought-provoking, raising poignant questions on complicated issues with no easy answers. The film’s complexity is a vivid illustration of the increasing sophistication of Chinese humanism’s development in modern times.