The Emperor and the Assassin 1998 123movies

Watch: 荆轲刺秦王 1998 123movies, Full Movie Online – In pre-unified China, the King of Qin sends his concubine to a rival kingdom to produce an assassin for a political plot, but as the king’s cruelty mounts she finds her loyalty faltering..
Plot: In pre-unified China, the King of Qin sends his concubine to a rival kingdom to produce an assassin for a political plot, but as the king’s cruelty mounts she finds her loyalty faltering.
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Ratings:

	7.2/10 Votes: 6,273
	81% | RottenTomatoes
	75/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 66 Popularity: 6.714 | TMDB

Reviews:

Astounding acting, photography, story
I’ve read some grumbles about the court scenes. These people betray their ignorance. This production went to simply amazing lengths to recreate all aspects of the period in which the story occurred. Courtly manners are something few people outside the court ever see. While the acting may appear highly stylized, it is, in fact, as close a replication as possible of the behavior of individuals in their particular stations as the director could create. The actor’s facial expressions are a marvel, particularly the duplicitous Marquis Changxin and the King’s mother.

There are, of course, reflections of both Greek and Shakespearian tragedy in the relationship between the king, his parents and his love. The juxtaposition of the king transforming from good to bad and the assassin from bad to good provides much food for thought on the evolution of an individual’s nature. This movie would provide much to ponder in a college course on the humanities.

At the same time, it almost rushes along, even in the slowest scenes heading towards an inexorable denouement. One suspects the involvement of large portions of the troop movements, which were quite awesome. It makes The Lord of the Rings battle scenes pale by comparison. Few directors have the ability to literally field thousands of humans on the field of battle just for art’s sake. I recall one scene in which at least 30,000 troops can be seen moving across a huge plain. The logistics for such a shot would have been staggering.

I could go on… but simply, I can’t recommend this film highly enough.

Neat view of China history
Quite a production from the director telling the story of The Qin Emperor’s ambitious plan to unite all kingdoms of China. Some great characters, sets, costumes and scenes. However, I was not blown away by the film in terms of the actors ability (which was good I enjoyed the Marquis the most) or its look (although the massing of troops was extremely impressive, if it was real man that is a lot of extras!).

I have seen Li Gong in other movies and she is always great. Good period piece I think, but not one to judge the true historical accuracy of it. Good film and found the 2 1/2 + hours not a problem.

Rating 7 out of 10.

Other Information:

Original Language zh
Runtime 2 hr 42 min (162 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Drama, History, Romance
Director Kaige Chen
Writer Kaige Chen, Peigong Wang
Actors Gong Li, Fengyi Zhang, Zhou Sun
Country N/A
Awards 7 wins & 11 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix DTS, DTS-Stereo, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length 4,432 m
Negative Format 35 mm (Eastman EXR 50D 5245, Kodak Vision 200T 5274, Vision 500T 5279)
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm