Saving General Yang 2013 ★★★ Watched Aug 18, 2019. They are betrayed and have to fight for their lives against a much larger force. Film Review: ‘Saving General Yang’ Reviewed at Hong Kong Film Festival (Gala Premiere), March 28, 2013. Great potential drama - but Yu spends zero time differentiating the brothers or giving them any background or personality. Saving General Yang. From this point onward, director Yu maintains a vigorous pace and a varied range of action setpieces, from chases across treacherous terrain to combat scenes showcasing the Yang brothers’ signature weapons. And this film reaches back to the legendary Yang Clan which has been portrayed in all sorts of medium - books, plays and a number of films - a few of them quite famous - The 14 Amazons and The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter from the Shaw Brothers and Legendary Amazons from 2011. They lived during the Song Dynasty (960 - 1279) and fought against the Khitan empire who were from Mongolia and primarily nomads who raided China constantly. Yang Ye, the venerable eponymous character in Saving General Yang, was the patriarch of a celebrated Northern Song dynasty (960-1127) military clan with female as well as male members. Review by BrianNaas.

Saving General Yang is set in the years before 1000 CE, and shows the sheer grit and determination that a set of seven sons have in dispatching a military force that is hundreds of times larger than they. Princess Chai, the story’s catalyst, makes a grand entrance but fizzles out completely after the prologue.Production design reps one of the film’s most impressive tech elements, reinforcing the Yang clan’s hallowed heritage through ornate architecture and a courtyard designed to look like a Too bad. He’s held hostage by Khitan commander Yeluv Yuan (Shao Bing), who is bent on avenging his father’s death at Ye’s hands years ago, and who knows that Ye’s seven sons will come to his aid. Where there should have been emotional resonance there was none. Like Shaw films of old, Ronny Yu offers a large cinematic retelling of an important chapter in China’s military history all the while presenting the picture in such a way that could easily have some recall various signature moments witnessed in movies from the classic studio. Bride with Chucky is still a fave of mine. You just don't really care about them but the action is plentiful, very masculine, all different types, some huge set pieces, some one on one - spectacular at times and very much worth the visit. Ronny Yu's latest delivers reliably robust action but shows little concern for emotional finesse.The historical saga of the Yang family, whose members dedicated their lives to defending the Chinese border from invasions by the Khitan people (nomads from Mongolia and Manchuria), has been recounted in serial novels and opera for centuries, and has also spawned several films and TV series. Saving General Yang perfectly fits the mold of vintage Chinese historical epics. Value. BrianNaas’s review published on Letterboxd: In these times of China Rising, it is interesting to see how they allow their past to be portrayed in their Mainland films like this one (though with some HK talent within). In these times of China Rising, it is interesting to see how they allow their past to be portrayed in their Mainland films like this one (though with some HK talent within). © Copyright 2020 Variety Media, LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Business Media, LLC.

And though Yu uses some familiar faces - Ekin Cheng as the eldest son, Adam Cheng as Yang Ye and Leung Kar-yan as the general of the supposed allies - many of the slots were given to pop stars - and they act like pop stars - not that Ekin shows even an ounce of personality but I am used to that. Well, Yu sort of forgot the human element. But that is besides the point these days - it doesn't matter which Dynasty it is - Song, Han or the Shang - they are a stand-in for China of today. Saving General Yang is a rushed gory and glory macho men on-a-mission movie that is held back by hokey stodgy tedium and as a result does not feel like a current film. It had everything else. However, the Yang wives usually took centerstage in prior tellings, as in 2011’s “Legendary Amazons,” helmed by Frankie Chan. Saving General Yang Blu-ray Review.


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