Warlords

This movie adapts from a novel of Ching Dynasty. Its background was in the nineteenth century. At that time, China was suffered from internal revolt and foreigh invasion. There was a general who lost all his soldiers in a battle. Then he met two leaders of bandits. All of them became sworn brothers. The general suggested all the bandits become part of government's soldiers so that they could get provisions and stop being bullied by other government's soldiers; meanwhile, the general discovered that the woman whom he met in the way back home and had one-night stand with was the wife of one of his sworn brothers.

The general led them to fight in many wars and got victories. At one war in Nanking, one of his sworn brother made promise that he wouldn't let the surrendered soldiers be killed. But the general killed them for fear that they might revolt. The government ordered the general to be a ruler of Nanking with a condition that he should kill the sworn brother who once disobeyed the rule of army. The general became so ambitious that he planed to kill the sworn brother and had his wife. In the end, the other sworn brother took revenge on the general.

In this movie, I saw the ambitious and tactical, betrayal and brotherhood, sincerity and hate. When benefit of all populaces is conflicting with brotherhood, which one to choose? It's difficult. If we choose the brotherhood, we may lose the opportunity to make benefit for populace. It seems selfish. If we choose benefit of all populaces, we lose our loyalty to sworn brothers or sisters. It seems lacking of loyalism. It's really a dilemma. Besides, I touched by their brotherhood at first. They could sacrificed for each other and never regret. They were all braves indeed. So I enjoyed the movie very much.