![]() An honourable undertaking in capturing this little known period (to Westerners at least) with elegance, elan and enthralling story telling. Na de bejubelde game God of War uit 2018 komt Santa Monica Studio nu met God of War Ragnarök. The Japanese general kept to the lie that he was no more than a pirate. A maverick commander and a young general join forces. Intrigues at the Chinese court placed the story line at another level. With Wenzhuo Zhao, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Regina Wan, Keisuke Koide. The Japanese and Chinese were given a balance of presentation and at times I was not sure who to root for. The film's cinematography (composition, colour, camera movement) was reminiscent of Kagemusha, the Shadow Warrior. God Of War II After Zeus defeat at the hands of Kratos, the king of Olympus called a meeting of the gods, which Hades attended. I enjoyed the many subplots: ronin trying to be samuri, peasants trying to be soldiers but especially the singlemindedness of General Qi's wife. God Of War Hades (God of War) Hades appeared before Kratos on his journey to defeat Ares in translucent form and gave the Ghost of Sparta a spell called the Army of Hades to help him on his journey. Also I learned this must have taken place in the pre-isolationist period of Japan as they were trying to take over coastal China through pirate cloaking. I watched this a day after rewatching the "Seven Samuri" and was inrtigued by the number of blunderblusses available given there were only three in 7 Samuri (set some decades later). ![]() My preference is for period pieces over modern day settings (especialy not the Hong Kong cop thrillers). ![]()
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