It took a while, but someone’s finally nabbed the Jet Li/Andy Lau Chinese epic “The Warlords” for North American distribution. THR reports that Magnolia Pictures, who have been very good at acquiring and treating their Asian movies with some measure of respect (as opposed to, you know,...

The Chinese historical epic has gone from strength to strength in recent years, with films such as “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and “Hero” through to John Woo’s mega budgeted blockbuster “Red Cliff” bringing the past to life in increasingly grandiose fashion. One genre outing which...

Jet Li is the highest paid Chinese actor…EVER. The 44-year old actor was paid a cool $13 million dollars (100 million yuan) for his role in Peter Chan’s upcoming historical epic “Warlords”, and he’s not the only one striking it rich on the set. Of the film’s $40 million...

Holy, this thing looks bloody as hell, and besides the triumvirate of mega Asian movie stars, that’s apparently what the producers of “The Warlords” are selling — the bodycount. Then again, if you have Jet Li, Andy Lau, and Takeshi Kaneshiro hacking their way through half of China,...

The last time I saw a semi-trailer (more like a promo reel) for Peter Chan’s “The Warlord”, his martial arts epic starring Andy Lau, Jet Li, and Takeshi Kaneshiro, I wasn’t that impressed. It had some nice moments, but overall I thought it looked…forced. Via Asianpopcorn,...