Jenna Walter The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Kirandeep Yoder The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

Marva-nova Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Cristi_Ciopron I have found this epic to be of an astonishing, striking, even heartbreaking beauty. Some kind of monumentality in beauty and decorative richness, a magnificent dramatic movement and dynamism. The choreography herein is hugely enjoyable, the actors are thoroughly enjoyable. I have been a big fan of CROUCHING TIGER … as well, but this one was even better. They have Kitano's ingenuity in delighting in what is pleasurable. This beauty affirming adventure cinema is an act of courage. When was the suspense so exquisite and genuine? And the art of showing huge crowds, gigantic armies …. The film has something deeply satisfying, and a steadfast good taste. There is an enormous pleasure in making such a deliberately impressing and clean show ….It's good beyond words. Few, few adventure films ,let alone epics, gave me such an uninterrupted delight.Fan can be monumental. …is not monumental art—but is monumental fun,like Leone's movies, like some '60s epics; also like the hobbits trilogy. It is large—sized fun.

Atavisten The Qin king wants to conquer the other kingdoms to create one big empire that we now know as China. Firstly he is nobly trying to binding the country together, but as it proceeds he turns out quite mad. Power struggles, mad war and almost a complete annihilation of a people follows.Very impressing work, the editing packs in so much information and extraordinary photography in little time that you need to keep you're eyes peeled to follow whats going on.Chen Kaige is a masterful director, but he is not the best with directing actors. Except for wonderful Li Gong, none is exceptional, not to say they are bad of course. That they are not.Whereas Zhang Yimous 'Hero' was a wonderful tale, this is more faithful to actual history.

Jeffrey Wang Chen Kaige's Emperor and the Assassin, if marketed correctly, could have been a massive hit in the States. But, it opened in limited release, and hardly anyone ended up watching it. What a shame, as this is a grand, lavish epic which recalls the epic spectacles of directors such as David Lean and King Vidor. Like these earlier directors, Kaige does a great job of balancing out an intimate, human story against the backgroup of grand, historic events.The climax of the film, when the emperor confronts the assassin, is a classic!

miss_niss May contain spoilersThis historical movie was so refreshing. Although it may be exagerating the actual events, it does show the heartless nature of emperor Qui, which he was later infamous for. And there wasn't a single computer generated person in it. I think it's great that China has produce such an epic film. The costumes and the settings were beautiful, the performances were also excellent. Dignity vs. death is a major theme in this movie and i think it reflects the Chinese history and culture. I also enjoyed a little allusion to the terracotta warriors, a 3d map carved of the conquest of China with individual soldiers. Emperor Qui of course later as entombed with his life size terracotta warriors.I also enjoyed the scene with the dwarf, he was a very interesting character, even if he only had a small scene.9/10