this is an epic film about the unification of the ancient kingdoms of china in the third century bc. what makes it interesting is the tragic downfall of the king and all the palace intrigue going on around him. it reminded me a bit of king lear and some of the other shakespeare plays. the king starts out with noble ambitions and to unify the kingdoms under one ruler and to stop all the quarrelling so that the people can prosper and lead better lives. he and his childhood sweetheart and played beautifully by li gong and concoct a scheme whereby she pretends to go into exile in a rival kingdom in order to recruit an assassin to kill the king and thus giving him a pretext to go to war. but while she away and the king becomes sadistic in his lust for power and goes on a killing spree. there are numerous side plots that keep the action going. there is the marquis and who pretends to be stupid and foppish but who really very clever and wants to become king himself. he fathers two children with the king mother and manages to keep it secret for years. then there is the prime minister and a political rival to the king and who turns out to really be his father. the assassin is a complex character himself. an adept swordsman and killer and he is undergoing a reformation when the king lover comes to recruit him. he wants nothing more with killing and but is eventually won over by li gong (who do not be. ) when he sees how cruel and vicious the king has become. some spectacular cinematography and especially the battle scenes that are carried out on a grand scale  like they used to say and a cast of thousands and literally. the acting is ok and nothing special. it the story that interesting and though at over two and a half hours and it pushes the limit. definitely worth viewing. 
this is an epic film about the unification of the ancient kingdoms of china in the third century bc. what makes it interesting is the tragic downfall of the king and all the palace intrigue going on around him. it reminded me a bit of king lear and some of the other shakespeare plays. the king starts out with noble ambitions and to unify the kingdoms under one ruler and to stop all the quarrelling so that the people can prosper and lead better lives. he and his childhood sweetheart and played beautifully by li gong and concoct a scheme whereby she pretends to go into exile in a rival kingdom in order to recruit an assassin to kill the king and thus giving him a pretext to go to war. but while she away and the king becomes sadistic in his lust for power and goes on a killing spree. there are numerous side plots that keep the action going. there is the marquis and who pretends to be stupid and foppish but who really very clever and wants to become king himself. he fathers two children with the king mother and manages to keep it secret for years. then there is the prime minister and a political rival to the king and who turns out to really be his father. the assassin is a complex character himself. an adept swordsman and killer and he is undergoing a reformation when the king lover comes to recruit him. he wants nothing more with killing and but is eventually won over by li gong (who do not be. ) when he sees how cruel and vicious the king has become. some spectacular cinematography and especially the battle scenes that are carried out on a grand scale  like they used to say and a cast of thousands and literally. the acting is ok and nothing special. it the story that interesting and though at over two and a half hours and it pushes the limit. definitely worth viewing. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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