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BROTHERS

Today's film was

Tau ming chong / The Warlords (2007)

A NYTimes Critics' Pick with our friend Takeshi Kaneshiro along with Jet Li and Andy Lau.

The Taiping Rebellion in the 19th Century. Three war lords join to become brothers and exchange a vow that if one harms the other he will be killed in turn.

They win the war but don't do that well with the blood partnership. Very dramatic. High production values. Straight forward battle scenes. Short on the love interest except to provide a basis for the first betrayal.

I saw this before and enjoyed it both times. A 5 out of Netflix5.

Labels: films