The film is set in the 1860s, during the Taiping Rebellion in the late Qing Dynasty in China. The story, based on an unresolved crime in 1870, tells of three sworn blood brothers who eventually turn against one another due to the harsh realities of war and political intrigue.
The story begins with a vicious battle, after which Qingyun (Jet Li), a Qing Army General, is the only survivor of his entire army. He is defeated because promised reinforcements from a rival General Ho are deliberately withheld....
In his aimless wanderings he encounters a girl named Liansheng (Xu Jinglei), who nurses him back to health. Once he regains his strength, Qingyun soon meets Wuyang (Takeshi Kaneshiro), and later Erhu (Andy Lau); leaders of a bandit army that regularly steals food to survive. During a raid on a rebel military convoy, Qingyun wins the engagement by killing the enemy leader and demoralizing their troops. This earns Qingyun friendship and admiration from the bandits, who take him to their village. There he finds Liansheng again, who is revealed to be Erhu's wife, and they begin an illicit affair.
| Directed by | Peter Chan |
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| Produced by | Peter Chan Andre Morgan |
| Written by | Xu Lan Chun Tin-Nam Aubery Lam Huang Jian Xin Jojo Hui He Jiping Guo Jun Li James Yuen |
| Starring | Jet Li Andy Lau Takeshi Kaneshiro Xu Jinglei |
| Music by | Chan Kwong-Wing Peter Kam Chatchai Pongprapaphan Leon Ko |
| Cinematography | Arthur Wong |
| Editing by | Wenders Li |
| Studio | Media Asia Films China Film Group Morgan & Chan Films |
| Distributed by | Hong Kong: Media Asia Distribution ARM Distribution China: Polybona Films |
| Release date(s) | 12 December 2007 (China)13 December 2007 (Hong Kong)[1] |
| Running time | 127 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong China |
| Language Chinese Subs : English hardsubbed |
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