2008 isn’t the Year of the Rat, it’s the Year of the Martial Arts Epics. In the span of a few months, fans of Chinese cinema will be treated to the biggest number of films featuring big stars, big budgets, and big set pieces the likes of which they’ve never seen before. Tony Ching’s...

A new, this time English-subtitled trailer for the upcoming Chinese martial arts epic “An Empress and the Warriors”, starring Donnie Yen, Kelly Chen, and Leon Lai. Although the trailer seems to indicate that this is Lai and Chen’s story, it’s interesting to note that Yen gets...

If the new Chinese martial arts epic “An Empress and the Warriors” (seriously, who came up with this title?) doesn’t feature massive battle scenes (and often), or weird, “300″-esque roving bands of assassins, then I’m going to be sorely disappointed, because that’s...

Plot: The film’s storyline is set in a period where the country is at war and dukes of the different kingdoms battle for land and power. Kelly plays Princess Fei- er who is commanded by her dying father on the battlefield to defend their country with General Xue-hu (played by Donnie). The princess...

A handful of new images (the first that I’ve seen on the net, actually) from the Kelly Chen and Donnie Yen period Chinese martial arts movie “An Empress and the Warriors”. According to the film’s poster, the movie is scheduled for March 2008 in parts of Asia. If you haven’t...

Intricately choreographed battle scenes; Donnie Yen ruling the battlefields; Leon Lai looking somber and lovelorn; and Kelly Chen filling out that body armor like no one’s business. Those are some of the things to expect from next year’s Hong Kong/China co-production “An Empress and...

I hadn’t even heard of the latest Chinese stab at epic action filmmaking, the awkwardly titled “An Empress and the Warriors”, which will star Leon Lai, Donnie Yen, and Kelly Chen, until a reader emailed asking about it. After a brief search of the net, here’s what we have: Kelly...