The Promise Page #4

Synopsis: When the world was young, laid a Kingdom between the Land of Snow and the Barbarian Territory where gods and men lived side by side and promises were lies. When the poor and starving orphaned girl Qingcheng meets the Goddess Manshen, she accepts to become the wealthy beauty of beauties with the curse that she would lose every man she loves, unless three things happen: snow falls in the spring, time moves backwards and the dead comes back to life. Years later, the slave Kunlun helps the Great General Master of the Crimson Armor Guangming to defeat a barbarian army with almost seven times more warriors, and Kunlun becomes his slave. When Guangming is wounded, he asks Kunlun to wear his armor and save the king from the cruel Duke of the North Wuhuan that put the Imperial City under siege with his army. However, Kunlun kills the king to save Princess Qingcheng and promises her to never let her die. Princess Qingcheng falls in love for the man of the crimson armor that she believes is Gener
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Director(s): Kaige Chen
Production: Warner Independent Pictures
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 9 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.6
Metacritic:
53
Rotten Tomatoes:
31%
PG-13
Year:
2005
121 min
$632,879
Website
215 Views


This has been my heart's dearest desire

You will find the armor in Wuhuan's sanctuary

Go and get it yourself

At my trial tomorrow

I shall have a chance to see Qingcheng again

I shall wait for her here

It's been a while

my old friend

Give me the armor!

I imagine you have come on behalf of your countryman, the young slave

You will have to forgive me

I cannot give it to you

It now belong to me

I don't care what fresh flower helmet

And God of war nonsensical speak

But because it's a symbol of my power!

Give it to me!

Anyone can take anything from anybody

as long as they are cunning enough

Unfortunately...

you are not

Give me back my cloak!

I have found someone

far more satisfying to command.

I gave you life to bring about Guangming's death

Now that he is in my hands, I have no more use for you

Give me the cloak!

Out you come, you coward

Otherwise hurry up and run

It's over

All I need to do is give this a little tug

It's your choice

Let Snow Wolf go and give me the armor...

Or die

Need you ask?

Of course you may have it

Wait!

Snow Wolf, Return my cloak

and I'll let your friend leave with the armor

Otherwise...I shall have to kill you both

Once, you betrayed your own people

And now you are betraying me,

your benefactor, who saved your life

A traitor is always a traitor

If you are no longer willing to kill for me

you should return the cloak

Give me back the cloak!

I'll kill you!

My Lord!

Let go!

Let go of me!

Listen to me!

Let go of me!

Listen to me!

You have not answered

The armor, or the cloak Snow Wolf?

I told you once that

the day Wuhuan came and massacred our people

I did not wrong anyone

Nor did I betray anyone

But now I realize I was mistaken

I have wronged somebody, and betrayed somebody

myself

I have to thank Wuhuan

for showing me the futility of a life without honor

It makes me realize

that death is not as terrifying as I had imagined

This is for you, my friend

Go and prove to Qingcheng

that you are the one she should love

Snow Wolf!

You are free to go, Kunlun

But you must stay with in the City walls

Kunlun, you are here!

Quickly, go and save the General!

I cannot do that now

Then he will die tomorrow!

If you tell the court it was I who killed the King

The General will be acquitted

But you didn't kill the King

You can tell them ...

that night the General was seriously wounded

and he asked me to put on his armor

Guangming!

Everything you possess was bestowed on you by the King

And yet you murdered him -why?

Because I fell in love with his Princess, Qingcheng

there a better reason?

I really don't want to see you

throw your life away for a woman

The assassin Guangming is sentenced to be beheaded in public

Let the people see his true face!

This is my final and most glorious victory

You liar!

He did not kill the King

It was his slave who did it

Who is this?

I am the slave who killed the King

Does anyone believe that a slave could kill the King?

Never!

I believe him!

Why would a mere slave kill the King?

Because I asked him to

He is my lover

Absurd!

That night...the General was heavily wounded

he asked me to put on his armor...

The moment he killed the King,

was the moment I fell in love with him

I leapt onto his horse

And we rode all the way to the waterfalls

You took my hand, and you said

If we must die, let us die together...

That was not what I said

I said -you must not die,

You must go on living

The King was truly killed by me

Execute him! Execute him!

What you just told the court is true

Afterwards you leapt into the ravine for this woman

Did I not tell you?

You have been in love with the wrong man

Wuhuan

I am going to kill you!

You have good reason to

I made a terrible mistake

Of course you would never have killed the King for a woman

You are still my idol

Thank you for clearing the Great General's name

You are free to go

Guangming, freedom is not for you all three?

Tied them up!

I have waited years to have the satisfaction of today

but don't you ever assume

That I shall kill you now

You will have the pleasure of witnessing each other's death, one by one

What use is your speed now, Kunlun?

Here is food and drink

But you cannot reach it

Just like that you cannot

reach your love

When the last of the cherry blossoms have withered

You too will cease to exist

Like petals falling from a branch

you too will return to the earth

You were the first person in the world to lie to me

Have you forgotten?

let me down and I will be your slave

You took the bread and ran away

Fine, if you promise!

You were the one

Who first make me lose my trust in the world

Even in myself

Now look at me neither trusting nor to be trusted

And always in the shadow of a greater man

But you, beautiful Princess

You have the adoration of everyone!

You fool, you have lost everything

I laugh at myself.

I allowed a woman who is in love with somebody else to suffer for me

I too am aliar

Why are you crying?

I find this very moving

Why?

Because you never give up!

I have long dreamt of the day

that the people's hero would put this on for me

Should I give up this dream?

Give me the cloak!

Give me the cloak!

Why should I believe you?

You should believe that nobody wants to die

Why don't you come down and try it on?

Kill him!

Before you can strangle me, she will be already dead

Drop your dagger!

You let go and I will drop the dagger!

He's lying!

Drop the dagger and I'll let go

Since neither of us trusts the other...

Why don't we both let go at the same time?

Fine

let us trust each other this once

Your time has come!

He's got another dagger!

Neither of us is trustworthy

Let them go

Truly a man from the Land of Snow...

They're dying...

Go and say goodbye

Love is forever out of your reach...

Quick, go to him!

He is waiting for you

You must not die

Let us go home together

You must not die,

You must go on living

I want to give you another chance to choose

Destiny can be changed, Qingcheng

Time sometimes flows backwards

Snow can fall in the Spring

and even a frozen heart can come back to life...

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