A mysterious warrior teams up with the daughter and son of a deposed Chinese Emperor to defeat their cruel brother, who seeks their deaths.
Acting
Cage's accent choices are a masterclass in commitment.
Production
China-shot locations look expensive; everything else doesn't.
Director
Nick Powell
Nicolas Cage
Gallain
Hayden Christensen
Jacob
Liu Yifei
Lian
Andy On Chi-Kit
Shing
Anoja Dias Bolt
Anika
Byron Lawson
Captain Peng
Fernando Chien
Wu
Jawed Berni
The Moor Captain
Preston Baker
Crusader
Ron Smoorenburg
Crusader
Alaa Safi
The Moor
Paul Philip Clark
Crusader B
Manel Soler
Crusader
Daxing Zhang
Elderly General
Max Huang
Bandit (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was director Nick Powell's debut—previously he was a stunt coordinator on Braveheart and Gladiator.
The film bombed in China despite Liu Yifei's star power, partly due to white-savior tropes feeling especially dated by 2014.
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