Dragon Blade (film)

Dragon Blade (film)

DragonBlade: The Legend of Lang.

Dragon Blade
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Traditional	天將雄獅
Simplified	天将雄狮
Mandarin	Tiān Jiāng Xióng Shī
Cantonese	Tin¹ Zeong³ Hung⁴ Si¹
Literally	"Celestial General, Heroic Army"
Directed by	Daniel Lee
Produced by	Jackie Chan Susanna Tsang
Screenplay by	Daniel Lee
Starring	Jackie Chan John Cusack Adrien Brody Lin Peng Mika Wang Choi Siwon Xiao Yang Wang Taili Sammy Hung Yoo Seung-jun Lorie Pester
Music by	Henry Lai
Cinematography	Tony Cheung
Edited by	Yau Chi-wai
Production company	Visualizer Films Huayi Brothers[1] Shanghai Film Group[2] Sparkle Roll Cultural Media Beijing Cultural Assets Chinese Film & Television Fund Home Media and Entertainment Shenzhen Tencent Video Culture Communication[3]
Distributed by	SFC Film (China) Intercontinental Film Distributors (HK) Ltd. (Hong Kong) Golden Network Asia (International)[3]
Release dates	18 February 2015 (Taiwan)[4] 19 February 2015 (China)[2] 12 March 2015 (Hong Kong) Lionsgate PremiereUnited States
Running time	127 minutes
Country	China[5][6] Hong Kong[7]
Language	Mandarin English Latin
Budget	US$65 million[1]
Box office	US$120 million (China)[8]

Dragon Blade is a 2015 historical action film^[9] written and directed by Daniel Lee and starring Jackie Chan. In the film, Chan plays Huo An, the commander of the Protection Squad of the Western Regions during the Han Dynasty. Dragon Blade was released in IMAX 3D on 19 February 2015, the first day Chinese New Year holiday period.^[2][10] The film is scheduled to be released in the United States on 4 September 2015 by Lionsgate Premiere.^[11]

Contents

• 1 Plot
• 2 Cast
• 3 Production
• 4 Box office
• 5 Reception
• 6 See also
• 7 References
• 8 External links

Plot

In western China, 48 BC, a group called the Silk Road Protection Squad patrols the land, attempting to prevent battles and to promote the idea of peace. Huo An (Jackie Chan), the captain, successfully averts a fight between a band of White Indians and a band of Huns. Later, the Hun princess tries to start a romance with Huo An, but he declines. Huo An and his men return to their unnamed home city, where Hou An's wife serves as a school-teacher for orphans. To his dismay, the government uncovers evidence that someone in his group is corrupt, causing his entire group to be sentenced to construction work at Goose Gate, a ruined fortress on the frontier.
Not long after, Goose Gate is threatened by a Roman legion in need of water and supplies, among which is a boy named Publius (Jozef Waite). After a stale-mated duel between Hou An and Lucius (John Cusack), the enemy general, the latter agrees not to assault the city in return for being allowed inside. The Romans use their superior engineering skills to speed up the construction work, an act which increases the morale and happiness of the inhabitants, who are divided among several different races, including Chinese, Uighur, and Turkic. In return, Huo An sends people to guide Lucius's envoys to the Parthian Empire, where they will deliver an important message.
Lucius reveals that he is fleeing from a corrupt consul named Tiberius, who killed his own father in order to inherit that position. Lucius is trying to protect Publius, who is Tiberius' younger brother, but Tiberius is approaching the place with 100,000 soldiers. Huo An insists on helping Lucius, pointing out that Tiberius is a threat to the safety of the entire Silk Road area. Real-izing that his own boss might be secretly working with Tiberius, Huo An returns to his home city to rescue his wife, but she is killed by an arrow. When Huo An returns to Goose Gate, he finds it captured by a corrupt Chinese official, who has imprisoned the legion and is waiting for the Tiberius's arrival.
The corrupt official imprisons Huo An, but the fortress inhabitants, inspired by Huo An's selflessness, break the prison. Huo An, the legion, and the others try to fight their way through Tiberius's soldiers but are ultimately cornered. At that moment, the White Indian and Hun armies from earlier, as well as Uighur and Turkic armies, appear in order to destroy Tiberius. After they take heavy casualties, the Parthians arrive, having been notified of the murder of Tiberius's father, whom they had a treaty with. Tiberius's army loses the will to fight, seeing that they are heavily outnumbered. At this point, Huo An offers to duel Tiberius. Though Tiberius disarms Huo An, the latter whips Tiberius using a leather strap with such force that Tiberius starts bleeding and ultimately dies. In recognition of the bravery of Lucius's legion, they are awarded the right to build a city along the Silk Road, which they call Regum.

Cast

• Jackie Chan as Huo An (霍安)^[10]
• John Cusack as Lucius
• Adrien Brody as Tiberius
• Lin Peng^[12] as Cold Moon
• Mika Wang^[12] as Xiu Qing (Huo An's Wife)
• Choi Siwon as Yin Po
• Xiao Yang as Captain
• Wang Taili as Rat
• Sammy Hung as Red Sun
• Yoo Seung-jun as Cougar
• Lorie Pester^[13] as a Parthian Queen
• Vanness Wu^[14] as Christian
• Karena Lam as Karena
• Feng Shaofeng as General Huo Qubing (Han Chinese General)
• Sharni Vinson as Lady Crassus (The Parthian Queen)
• Jozef Waite as Publius (The Roman Prince)
• Philippe Joly as Decimus
• James Lee Guy as Eugene (uncredited)
• Harry Oram as General Statius (uncredited)