Noel M
22-02-2002, 08:42
I have reviewed the Region 2 release of Chen Kaige’s The Emperor and the Assassin (http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/index.cgi?page=Review&id=657&story=2821) for DVDTimes. I don’t often come here to promote a review, but I think this is an exceptional film that anyone who likes Kurosawa’s <b>The Seven Samurai</b> or <b>Ran</b> will certainly appreciate. It covers the same period as Zhang Yimou’s forthcoming martial-arts epic <b>Hero</b>, so it will be interesting to compare the two great Chinese directors' widely different takes on the same story.