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NYAFF 2012 Review: THE LOST BLADESMAN, Forthright in Both Action & Drama

With its New York premiere happening this Saturday, July 7 as part of the 2012 New York Asian Film Festival, we now revisit James Marsh's review from April 2011.It has been almost a decade since director Alan Mak and then-screenwriter...

THE LOST BLADESMAN Blu-ray Review

Edko Films Ltd. has released Felix Chong & Alan Mak's period action epic THE LOST BLADESMAN on DVD and Blu-ray and given it a rather impressive looking HD scrub-up for home viewers. The story of revered warrior and tactician-turned-godlike symbol...

THE LOST BLADESMAN Review

It has been almost a decade since director Alan Mak and then-screenwriter Felix Chong combined forces with Andrew Lau to create the iconic crime thriller, INFERNAL AFFAIRS. Since then, Lau has cut the apron strings and Chong has graduated...

Third Trailer For THE LOST BLADESMAN, Plus See Donnie Yen Direct The Action

Hot on the heels of The Weinstein Company supposedly picking up North American sales rights to Alan Mak and Felix Chong's period set martial arts epic The Lost Bladesman, a third trailer has arrived via Mtime, containing slightly more footage. ...

The Weinstein Company Buys Rights To THE LOST BLADESMAN?

Reports are circulating throughout the Chinese media that The Weinstein Company has picked up North American sales rights to Alan Mak and Felix Chong's period set martial arts epic The Lost Bladesman. Now, the Chinese news media are notoriously unreliable...

Music Video and Making-of Video For THE LOST BLADESMAN

As the release date is approaching near, more promotional material to Alan Mak & Felix Chong's biographical martial arts film The Lost Bladesman has turned up via Mtime in the form of a music video and a behind-the-scenes video.  The...

Donnie Yen Breaks Out the Green Dragon Blade! Second Trailer For THE LOST BLADESMAN

The second trailer to Alan Mak & Felix Chong's biographical martial arts film The Lost Bladesman has turned up via Mtime and unsurprisingly (yet still awesome), it has Donnie Yen delivering some blade-slashing action as the legendary warrior, Guan...

Donnie Yen Kicks Ass In The First LOST BLADESMAN Trailer

In many ways Alan Mak and Felix Chong's The Lost Bladesman feels a bit like a lesser version of Zhang Yimou's Hero. They're clearly going for that same sort of big period epic look and have star Donnie Yen fighting...

First Poster For THE LOST BLADESMAN reveals Donnie Yen as Guan Yun Chang

Only when a poster tickle our fancy is when we give it much-deserving love here. A teaser poster with just your average title logo in large fonts and listing the big-name stars attached doesn't cut it. There needs to be...

First Images From Donnie Yen Starring Historical Epic THE LOST BLADESMAN

Donnie Yen's no dummy. Now in the latter half of his forties and in higher demand than he has ever been in, Yen knows that he has only four or five peak years left in him and is packing as...