Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Saving General Yang

2013
107 minutes
5 Stars

I didn't realize until the end that it was inspired by a true story. The setting is the Song dynasty, 986AD, Northeastern China. Two sons of rival families fight for the hand of the woman they love. The Yang boy fights, against his father's orders, and the Pan boy falls and breaks his neck due to his own treachery and dies. The enemy is soon at the gates, and the Emperor rewards General Pan as commander-in-chief, and General Yang to lead the front line troops. A north wind blows no good and General Yang is soon deserted by General Pan. Yang's seven sons ride to his rescue. Number One son holds a paper given to his mother that states, "Seven will ride, Six will return." A epic war movie, not for children or the faint of heart.

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