The Promise Movie Review 2005

Complicated and stylized martial arts fantasy in which a young orphan is offered a life of riches by a goddess (Hong) with the caveat that she will lose every man she loves. Qingcheng (Cheung) lives with her bargain until she falls for General Guangming (Sanada), he of the crimson armor. Except it was his slave, Kunlun (Dong-Gun), who was wearing the armor and actually rescued the princess. Never really makes any sense (at least to Westerners). Mandarin with subtitles; also released at 121 minutes.

Distribution

Warner Home Video, Inc., 5775 Linder Canyon Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91362, URL: http://whv.warnerbros.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on DVD
Running time 103 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Fantasy, Martial Arts, China, Slavery

Screenplay

Chen Kaige

Cast

Hiroyuki Sanada, Jang Dong-gun, Cecilia Cheung, Nicholas Tse, Liu Yeh, Chen Hong, Qian Bo, Yu Xiaowei, Cheng Qian

Director

Chen Kaige, Zhang Tan

Producer

Etchie Stroh, Chen Hong, Han San Ping, Moonstone Entertainment, Beijing 21st Century/Shengkai/China Film Group/Capgen Investment Group/Moonstone Prods.