The Promise (2005)

Original title

无极

Directed by

Chen Kaige

Genre

drama film, fantasy film

Country

People's Republic of China, United States

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 133 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A girl makes a promise to a goddess that changes her fate. Years later a slave and a general get caught up in her destiny and a war over power.

epicmelancholicvisually lushfantasticalromanticwuxia-inspiredtragicpensive

What happens

The Promise (无极) is a 2005 Chinese epic fantasy film directed by Chen Kaige, starring Jang Dong-gun, Hiroyuki Sanada, Cecilia Cheung, and Nicholas Tse. It is loosely adapted from The Kunlun Slave, a ninth-century wuxia romance story by Pei Xing. Responses to the film were mainly mixed to negative. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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