The Warlords (2007) on Netflix
Pang Qingyun is the sole survivor of his battalion in the Taiping Rebellion. He joins the bandit leaders Zhao Erhu and Jiang Wuyang in a raid on a rebel convoy for food.
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Plot summary
In 1860s China, the Taiping Rebellion has set imperial and rebel armies against each other. Pang Qingyun commands an imperial battalion and is the only man left alive after a battle, wounded. A young woman and two other men save him; the men, Zhao Erhu and Jiang Wuyang, run a bandit gang in a village close by. Pang joins their raid on a rebel convoy for food. Imperial troops take those supplies for themselves, and the villagers, poor and hungry, accept Pang's idea of a militia that will fight for the imperial side to end the rebellion. The three men seal a blood oath, swearing loyalty to one another on pain of death. Pang also begins an affair with Liansheng, who is married to Zhao.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Warlords (2007)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Jet Li was paid US$15 million for The Warlords, more than a third of its US$40 million budget. Andy Lau received US$6 million and Takeshi Kaneshiro US$2 million, and the producers said Li's huge salary was justified because his participation ensured international distribution.
- On 19 March 2007 the Chinese artist Wang Kewei sued the film's company for using ten pieces of his work, with minor alterations, in a promotional video for a Beijing press conference without his consent.
