In ancient China, rival kingdoms grapple for ultimate reign. On a battlefield, a dying king commands his daughter, Princess Fei-Er (Kelly Chen) to take the helm and defend their kingdom with help from general Xue-Hu (Donnie Yen). Fei-Er's cousin, Wu Ba (Guo Xiao-Dong) also has his eyes on the throne and sends out assassins to kill the princess. A mysterious man named Duan Lan-Quan (Leon Lai) manages to save Fei-Er from the grisly fate and they fall in love. Fei-Er must choose between following her dreams to elope with Duan and submitting to her duty to defend her kingdom.
What I loved most: The contrast between war and love
What I really hated: The abrupt ending
I don't understand why everyone thought it sucked... and how the actors and actress were terrible. I don't speak mandarin but I thought she did a very good job and was a very good empress, only thing that bothered me was that i couldn't read the subtitles in time. I thought over all it was a very touching and worth while movie.
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