Master of the Crimson Armor
Available Now
On DVD
- Critics Say
- Users Say
- Synopsis
- A princess (Cecilia Cheung) is at the center of a love triangle involving a duke (Nicholas Tse), a general (Hiroyuke Sanada) and a slave (Jang Dong-Kun) in this period fantasy from Farewell My Concubine director Chen Kaige....
- Read Full Synopsis
- Starring
- Cecilia Cheung, Jang Dong-gun, Hiroyuki Sanada, Nicholas Tse, Liu Ye
- Director(s)
- Chen Kaige
- Distributor(s)
- Weinstein Company
- MPAA Rating
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 128 min.
Critic Reviews
Avg. Rating:
The Onion (A.V. Club) | Tasha RobinsonAdd Critic to Favorites
For Kaige, The Promise can't exactly be called a return to form--it's more a return to "Hero" and "House Of Flying Daggers" director Zhang Yimou's form. Either way, it's still glorious.Read the full review
Los Angeles Times | Kevin ThomasAdd Critic to Favorites
Chen's masterful, deeply perceptive direction of his superb cast is equaled by the film's luminous cinematography, rich yet spare and stylized production and costume design, and rousing score.Read the full review
The New York Times | A.O. ScottAdd Critic to Favorites
The Promise occupies a curious landscape somewhere between opera and cartoon.Read the full review