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Synopsis: It's a heroic tale of three blood brothers and their struggle in the midst of war and political upheaval. It is based on "The Assassination of Ma," a Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) story about the killing of general Ma Xinyi. The story was filmed by Zhang Che in 1973 as The Blood Brothers.
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Director(s): Peter Ho-Sun Chan, Wai Man Yip (co-director)
Production: Magnet Releasing
  17 wins & 24 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
70
Rotten Tomatoes:
64%
R
Year:
2007
126 min
Website
183 Views


I'm still useful to them

You two should leave

Give me provisions, and I'll take down SuZhou

My men can only die from battle, not from starvation

I'm begging you!

The Lord has already said, he knows nothing about any fighting in SuZhou

We'll go to the Kui Army

Big Brother, we can't ask them!

If you can't do it, then go back

Quick, run!

Quick

Come, grab hold

They tried to climb the wall

And said that there was food inside

No, I've got to go in

Give me provisions, and firearms

We'll make an exchange

If I don't give you, SuZhou is still mine

I'm talking about

Nanjing

I'll fight the battle, charge the city, take the casualties

The Kui Army just needs to be there for appearances sake

Nanjing, we'll split half-and-half

And we'll join hands into the city

Are you willing to be under the feet of those 3 old men forever?

We need to take down Nanjing first

So the Imperial court knows it had nothing to do with He Kui

But we only have 10 days food left

So we must be fast

to take down SuZhou

God is kind

To bring you here at this time

It's for protection

At the 'Mou' hour

If you don't see red smoke from the city walls

My men will take you away

Tell Big Brother and WuYang that,

ErHu was a good man

The General is back

General Pang, the provisions have arrived

General ErHu has entered the city

Said he saw red smoke in his dreams

Which represented his success

Friend, did you bring what they want?

Everyone says that there's food in the city

If this continues, we'll be eating each other

I promised them that they'd eat well and dress warm

And in 3 years return home to enjoy their riches

It's 5 years now

Tomorrow, we charge the city

Elder brother's wife

I like to see people's faces

SuZhou is surrounded

It's been a year since I've seen a new face

So when I heard that a new person was delivering opium ...

I've already quit

It can only relieve pain

My wife's grave is in a small forest just outside the city

I want to go see her

But I can't

Do you know how a prisoner feels?

SuZhou city is like a big prison. It's been too long already

I want to leave, but I can't

You want to enter, but you can't

Except if ...

I let you in

Your fellow villager

You joined the army; he followed me

Quick

Sir, the time has come

Prepare my horse

Escort Mrs. Zhao

ErHu left a message

Said that he was a good man

If I survive

I'll marry you

Outside there are 4000 half-starved soldiers

If you kill me

SuZhou will turn into a ghost town

Everyone will die

I also have that many soldiers

They will defend every inch of SuZhou

Until their last drop of blood

Everyone back

Throw down your weapons

Surrender

I sold my business

Closed my shop

And joined the rebel army

From that day

the word 'surrender'

disappeared forever

If I don't die

Everyone in this SuZhou prison

will never get out

Let the troops go home to their farms

Do not abuse the commoners in the city

Rest in peace

Ready

ErHu! ErHu!

Get ErHu

I want to see ErHu

ManTou (bread)

Do we really have to give it to them?

They won't agree

So many captives, how many mouths

How many army provisions do you want to waste on them?

Big Brother

Sparing their lives was a condition of surrender

The stores in SuZhou were gone long ago

Our provisions will only last 10 days

We need to save it to fight Nanjing

Fight Nanjing?

Big Brother, fight Nanjing?

The Kui Army gathers its forces

And can attack Nanjing at anytime

I can't read, don't give it to me

Tell me, where did the food come from?

Where?

The Kui Army

Why did you deal with them?

[?]

If we fight Nanjing, SuZhou city becomes an empty city

Do you feel comfortable handing them an empty city?

Big Brother, listen to me ...

You listen to me!

If these people pick up a gun, they become soldiers

ManTou! ManTou!

Open the gates!

Let them go

No!

Pang ChingYun, I knew that you were a liar

Imperial dog!

Look at this ManTou

It was originally for our men

You want to give half to these people

And another half to the citizens

Our men laid siege the city for 9 months

Starved for 9 months

Tell me, this ManTou ...

Should it be for us, or them?

I don't care

Release them

Release! Release!

In a while

After they've eaten

I promised that they would live

All's fair in war. This is a war

Without trust we are animals

Brother Er

Big Brother is right

Move

Get out of my way

Let go of me ... let go ...

Let me go! I promised they would live!

Ready the arrows

Quiet

You can't kill them!

Release again!

You can't kill them! You can't!

Release again

After that day

Brother Er never spoke to me again

I felt bad, but

I had no regrets

I'm returning home

Who's with me?

ErHu

You can't go

We still need to go fight Nanjing

You want me to watch you kill more unarmed men?

They were soldiers

Who had surrendered

They're still soldiers

Do you remember what you told us before?

You told us to remember, not to threaten the common people

What have you done?

You stood there and killed all those poor people, do you know?

Without poor people, who would fight wars?

Xiao Chun, Xiao Wu, Xiao Qi. Who wasn't poor?

But they were soldiers

And soldiers die

But in Nanjing, there are over 1 million citizens

If He Kui enters first, then it's all over

To fight Nanjing, I need you

Do not go

If you leave, the soldiers will change

The Mountain army will start fighting itself

Do you know the result?

Do not force me

Whoever makes a move of Brother Er, I will kill

Brother Er

Whatever happens, you can't leave

If you leave, our family will really be finished

ErHu

Kui's troops are already on the move

If we don't move now, we won't make it

I guarantee to you

After Nanjing

I will put down my arms

You will see, in the future,

that my decision today was the right one

Fine

When we enter Nanjing, I'll be watching you

If you're right, I'll kneel before you

If you're wrong

I will kill you

Go!

Cao ErHu

Pang ChingYun

Jiang WuYang

Kill ....

Fireworks fill the sky, Nanjing falls,

The cannons fire a salute, the Empress prospers

[Nanjing - 1 month after takeover]

Rest in peace!

We swore

that we are all men of the Mountain army

If anywhere in the world, someone is starving or being threatened

Someone is suffering from injustice

The Mountain Army will be there!

Distribute the military pay!

Zhang WenFang 5 pieces ... Wang XiaoSan ...

ErHu, do you know what you are doing?

Privately distributing military funds is a serious offence!

After we entered Nanjing, half was promised as military funds

If you won't distribute it, I will help you

You must remember

In the army there is only one commander

This commander is General Pang

Hurry up and thank him

Thank you Lord Pang

Again

Thank you Lord Pang! Thank you Lord Pang!

Continue the distribution

Wang XiaoSan, 3 pieces, Wang Lao, 4 pieces

Lord He

To fight Nanjing, you gave him provisions

After entering Nanjing, now you're the beggar

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