Age of The Legend

My Rating: ★★★★

Age of The Legend (英雄年代之九龙密钥) is a Chinese action, war, history movie that was released on 21 October 2021.

About

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, a group of heroes get together to prevent the British and Japanese invasion of Guangzhou City. They are presented with numerous obstacles on the way that challenges them to reach their goal.

I suspect this might have been a “made for TV” movie rather than one that was released through the cinema. I can’t really know for sure.

Cast

He Jun Hao (aka Adan He or He Xiang) [何翔] as Su Can
Adan is an actor from Taiwan who played the main character.

Review

If nothing else this movie is good for a laugh but would take it with a pinch of salt.

The first thing I noticed was the accent of the British characters sounded spookily familiar to Russians. Many Russians play Caucasians in Chinese movies. Their accents and acting were slightly painful to watch.

The script was daft but oddly well presented. The CGI wasn’t great, such as the British ships and guns in the mountains.

The monk character was acted really well and was hilarious. There was an effeminate guy and of course, the script included how awful that person was, although was a hero of sorts as well. The main Japanese female character really did act evil, she was a good actress, although had to meet her demise eventually.

The fight sequences/choreography were really well-done with quite impressive camera work.