Promo Reel For Peter Chan's THE WARLORDS

Though it's been a long time coming to North America, Peter Chan's sumptuous military epic The Warlords - with a stellar cast of Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Jet Li - has finally arrived, with its VOD debut hitting tomorrow on cable, XBox and Amazon and a theatrical release following April 2nd.  And though it is a familiar title to many we have a new, three minute promo reel for the film that features plenty of footage and director Peter Chan explaining the history and characters of his story. It makes for a fascinating view even if you've already seen the film.

Set in the midst of war and political upheaval during the Taiping Rebellion of the 1860s, WARLORDS stars Jet Li as General Pang, who barely survives a brutal massacre of his fellow soldiers by playing dead, and joins a band of bandits led by Er Hu (Andy Lau) and Wu Yang (Takeshi Kaneshiro). After fighting back attackers from an helpless village, the three men take an oath to become "blood brothers," pledging loyalty to one another until death, but things quickly turn sour and the three men become embroiled in a web of political deceit, and a love triangle between Pang, Er Hu and a beautiful courtesan (Wu Jing-Lei).