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When Maurer began working with the individual, she reviewed a film of one of his classes and found that language was not the problem—the TF was teaching at a level too high for the students, she says...
...Warlords” is a bromance of epic proportions. General Pang (Jet Li), Wu Yang (Takeshi Kaneshiro), and Er Hu (Andy Lau) travel together, share each other’s space, fight over women, and defend one another like characters in a typical Judd Apatow film. Their bromance is complicated, however, by the fact that they are three of the most powerful warlords in late-Qing dynasty China, and their brotherly spats result in starvation, massacre, and wholesale destruction of entire cities rather than knocked-up girls and marijuana misadventures...
...firmly embedded in character that the presence of the actor is virtually invisible. They work together seamlessly as a team, and watching them act out the slow destruction of their characters’ relationship is as much a study in acting as it is an accomplishment on film...
...acting and battle choreography are not the only strong elements in the film. The costumes, sets, and cinematography perfectly capture the desperate conditions of wartime, the exhaustion and pain of the characters, and the aesthetic of mid-nineteenth century China. The film’s script is equally strong; despite the heaviness of the plot and the moral decisions the characters must make, there is still warmth, humor, and wit in their lines...
...role in the story and the depth of emotion that her character should possess, Jinglei does not do much more with her character than stare forlornly into the distance with a flat expression. She does not inspire compassion or sympathy, and the chilling conclusion to her role in the film is difficult to watch because of the misguided intentions behind it, not because her character will be missed. As one of the only women featured in the movie, she is a disappointing and under-acted character...