for a feature film and the plot closely follows history or at least historical gossip. but then the chinese and who know the story very well from seeing it portrayed again and again and would never tolerate it otherwise. the attention to detail is wonderful and especially for anyone who has read sima qian account in the records of the historian. jing ke and according to sima qian and did indeed make an attempt on qin shi huang life at the request of the crown prince of yan before unification. sima qian explicitly mentions both the head of general fan and the dagger rolled up into the map and as well as the dagger being thrown into the brass column. although jing ke is described as no stranger to swordplay and he hardly the invincible warrior portrayed by chen kaige. jing ke is indeed this film weakest link. in reality (again and according to sima qian) and he was a heavy drinker and put off his visit to qin for as long as possible and spending a good deal of time with the ladies of yan before the crown prince finally ordered him on his way. he was and in short and a human being and was not looking forward to death although he was willing to accept it. chen kaige jing ke is afraid of death and but not his own. he is the classic ruthless killer turned disillusioned pacifist. his love (or maybe just affection) for a woman and pity for several hundred children whom zheng had buried alive (not even two thousand years of hostile confucian historians claimed qin shi huang did this and although there is a legend about him burying 460 confucians up to their necks and then beheading them)is enough to make this former assassin kill again. the melodrama is not convincing and the character ends up being just plain boring. the acting here isn not shabby and though not very interesting given the character. as for lady zhou and in all the numerous stories i have heard about qin shi huang and she never come up. anyway and gong li is famous enough for americans to have heard of her (thanks to zhang yimou) and there needed to be a love interest and so here she is. it unfortunate that her performance is almost as wooden as jing ke character. she done much better (in qiu ju for example) at being subtle while here she just barely manages presence. but all of this is trivial compared to the extraordinary acting of li xuejian as zheng himself. qin shi huang is for the chinese rather what milton satan is for us represent accepted as a villain and but a noble one. qin shi huang accomplishments radiate an awe all the way across two thousand years into the present and li captures his frightening will without compromising his humanity. li performance is enough and but the scope of the film is grand although the photography is purposely drab. it does feel ancient. the score is adequate and scarcely moving though very appropriate to the action. though i have only seen it once and i believe that chen kaige should be given more credit for his camera work than other reviewers have allowed him. the opening credits are exhilarating. if five stars its absolutely average and i given three more for li xuejian acting and chen kaige as an actor and writer and and director. 
for a feature film and the plot closely follows history or at least historical gossip. but then the chinese and who know the story very well from seeing it portrayed again and again and would never tolerate it otherwise. the attention to detail is wonderful and especially for anyone who has read sima qian account in the records of the historian. jing ke and according to sima qian and did indeed make an attempt on qin shi huang life at the request of the crown prince of yan before unification. sima qian explicitly mentions both the head of general fan and the dagger rolled up into the map and as well as the dagger being thrown into the brass column. although jing ke is described as no stranger to swordplay and he hardly the invincible warrior portrayed by chen kaige. jing ke is indeed this film weakest link. in reality (again and according to sima qian) and he was a heavy drinker and put off his visit to qin for as long as possible and spending a good deal of time with the ladies of yan before the crown prince finally ordered him on his way. he was and in short and a human being and was not looking forward to death although he was willing to accept it. chen kaige jing ke is afraid of death and but not his own. he is the classic ruthless killer turned disillusioned pacifist. his love (or maybe just affection) for a woman and pity for several hundred children whom zheng had buried alive (not even two thousand years of hostile confucian historians claimed qin shi huang did this and although there is a legend about him burying 460 confucians up to their necks and then beheading them)is enough to make this former assassin kill again. the melodrama is not convincing and the character ends up being just plain boring. the acting here isn not shabby and though not very interesting given the character. as for lady zhou and in all the numerous stories i have heard about qin shi huang and she never come up. anyway and gong li is famous enough for americans to have heard of her (thanks to zhang yimou) and there needed to be a love interest and so here she is. it unfortunate that her performance is almost as wooden as jing ke character. she done much better (in qiu ju for example) at being subtle while here she just barely manages presence. but all of this is trivial compared to the extraordinary acting of li xuejian as zheng himself. qin shi huang is for the chinese rather what milton satan is for us represent accepted as a villain and but a noble one. qin shi huang accomplishments radiate an awe all the way across two thousand years into the present and li captures his frightening will without compromising his humanity. li performance is enough and but the scope of the film is grand although the photography is purposely drab. it does feel ancient. the score is adequate and scarcely moving though very appropriate to the action. though i have only seen it once and i believe that chen kaige should be given more credit for his camera work than other reviewers have allowed him. the opening credits are exhilarating. if five stars its absolutely average and i given three more for li xuejian acting and chen kaige as an actor and writer and and director. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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