Of late, period or martial chivalry movies either look aesthetically beautiful like Zhang Yimou's trilogy of Hero, House of Flying Daggers and Curse of the Golden Flower, or opt for the grittier, more down to earth look with plenty of dirt and grime like Battle of Wits. In movieland, that is almost always true, with no black and white, but with shades of grey instead. Reviewed by DICK STEEL 10 / 10 A Nutshell Review: The Warlords The political and emotional stakes will be tested, leading to differences between the blood brothers.-Sonja Pavkovic Their stunning military successes impress the governing powers, but as Qingyun's influence begins to grow, they soon fear him. Qingyun convinces his two new comrades to form a loyalist army unit to fight the rebels and feed their own people. Wuyang introduces him to his "big brother", who also happens to be Liansheng's husband, Zhao Erhu and Qingyun begins to assist them with their raids. With his strength regained, Qingyun impresses one of the village bandit leaders, Jiang Wuyang, with his fighting skills. He encounters a starving village, whose inhabitants engage in banditry to survive, where he is nursed back to health by the attractive Liansheng. Loyalist General Qingyun is the only survivor of a battle with anti-Qing rebels. He decides to take this opportunity to get the life he lost.Set in China in the 1860's during the Taiping Rebellion, the story is based on the assassination of Ma Xinyi in 1870. When he returns to his friend Ned's house, where he has been staying, he sees that he is 17 again. One night while driving he sees the janitor on a bridge ready to jump, and goes after him. While looking at his high school photo, a janitor asks him if he wishes he could be 17 again and he says yes. When he also loses his job, he returns to the only place he's happy at, his old high school. During their marriage, Mike can only whine about the life he lost because he married her, so she throws him out. Mike decides to leave the game and asks Scarlet to marry him, which she does. But at what's supposed to be his big game where a college scout is checking him out, Scarlet reveals that she's pregnant. He gets a chance to rewrite his life when he meets a janitor near a bridge.Īt 17 Mike O'Donnell is on top of the world: he's the star of his high school basketball team, is a shoo-in for a college scholarship, and is dating his soul-mate, Scarlet. Mike O' Donnell is ungrateful for how his life turned out.
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