DVD
REVIEW: MY KINGDOM
2/12/12
In the closing days of the 19th century, the Prince Regent of the crumbling Qing Dynasty orders the mass execution of the entire Meng clan. Before his beheading in a crowded Beijing marketplace, the Meng clan leader vows that his family will avenge this travesty of justice. Awaiting his death, a five-year-old Meng boy named Erkui bravely sings an aria. The power and purity of his voice touches the onlookers, including opera star Master Yu Shengying and his seven-year-old pupil Guan Yilong. Deeply moved, Master Yu rescues the boy and the two orphans, Yilong and Erkui, become
brothers.
MY KINGDOM releases on February 14 on digital platforms and DVD following a theatrical release through AMC Theaters in the U.S. and
Canada.
A story of honor, love and revenge set against the backdrop of the Chinese opera during its heyday in 1920s Shanghai, MY KINGDOM centers on these two sworn brothers and their quest to regain their master’s honor. After years spent training in martial arts, Guan Yilong (Wu Chun, 14 Blades) and Meng Erkui (Han Geng, My Kingdom) pursue revenge and quickly succeed, establishing themselves as the newest sensations of the Shanghai opera scene. They experience fame and love with a beautiful actress, Xi Mulan (Barbie Hsu, Future X-Cops), but soon their collective pasts catch up with them and all three are tangled in a complex web of love, lust, deceit and
betrayal.
Three of today’s biggest Asian pop stars are cast in this emotional and epic story about youth: Wu Chun, a member of the popular Taiwanese boy band, Fahrenheit, and former star in the hit Taiwanese TV series, Romantic Princess; Han Geng, former leader of the smash South Korean boy band, Super Junior; and Barbie Hsu, a revered singer and actress who started performing in the popular girl duo, A.S.O.S, and later starred in the popular Taiwanese TV drama, Meteor
Garden.
Sammo Hung (Ip Man 1 & 2, Detective Dee) introduces a new genre of action choreography in MY KINGDOM by infusing his own signature style with a more dramatic flair for the powerful “wu sheng” roles of the Bejing Opera. Considered the voice of a new generation of Chinese filmmakers, Gao Xiaosong (Rainbow, Where Have All the Flowers Gone) directs an original screenplay by renowned writer Zou Jingzhi.
VIDEO:
Widescreen
AUDIO:
Dolby Digital
5.1 Mandarin
English
and Chinese Subtitles
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