Brotherhood of Blades (2014)

Original title

绣春刀

Directed by

Lu Yang

Genre

action film, wuxia, martial arts film

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 187 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three Ming dynasty secret police officers are tasked with capturing a powerful eunuch. The mission forces them to confront corruption and personal loyalties.

tensegrittyfast-pacedvisceralmelancholicbrutalatmosphericcharacter-driven

What happens

Brotherhood of Blades (绣春刀) is a 2014 Chinese wuxia film directed by Lu Yang. Set in 17th-century China during the Ming dynasty, the story follows three jinyiwei officers who are ordered to hunt down the treacherous court eunuch Wei Zhongxian and his faction. Starring Chang Chen, Cecilia Liu and Wang Qianyuan, the film was released in China on August 7, 2014. A sequel, Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield, was released in China on July 19, 2017. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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