Friday, June 7, 2013

Netflix Movie Night: The Emperor and the Assassin

The Emperor and the Assassin

We finally watched this movie after having it for three weeks. We had trouble finding the right time--watching Game of Thrones, Mets games and season finales such as Elementary. Plus it's a long film--two hours and forty minutes with subtitles.

The story focuses on Qín Shǐ Huáng, the King of Qin, and his attempt to conquer and unify China's seven kingdoms in the third century BC. He succeeded as China's first emperor, but his reign lasted only 15 years. Qín Shǐ Huáng may be best known for his tomb with the terra cotta warriors.

We enjoyed the film--but it's a bit too long. I would benefit from seeing it again but don't want to re-watch it right away and don't want to hold on to it for another three weeks or so.  Reading wikipedia entries and links, I found that this is also the basis for the film, Hero with Jet Li.

That would be a good double feature sometime.


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