Following in the footsteps of breathtaking martial arts extravaganza's House Of Flying Daggers and Curse Of The Golden Flower the team behind multi-award winning smash Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon bring you this century's most astounding epic! A spectacular dazzling and bloody re-imagining of Shakespeare's legendary Hamlet The Banquet is an epic tale of revenge violence and betrayal. Locked in a loveless marriage Empress Wan (Ziyi Zhang) is desperate to keep her forbidden love for Prince Wu Luan (Daniel Wu) from a family divided by cruelty and oppression. When the... Emperor suddenly dies his conniving younger brother Li takes up the throne forcing Wan to marry him. Convinced that this is the only way to protect all she loves from being destroyed by this new power hungry tyrant Wan agrees. But Wu Luan refuses to see his love snatched away through such evil greed and deception. After repeated attempts on his life amid furious confrontations with the new Emperor's imperial assassins Wu Luan resolves to return to the palace and take revenge for himself his beloved and a nation in the grip of a murderous madman. Featuring astonishing career-topping action from the infamous Yuen Wo Ping (Kill Bill The Matrix and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon) and a cast featuring some of Asia's most acclaimed cinema icons The Banquet is like no other epic you have ever witnessed. [show more]
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Bloody historical epic about court intrigue in China's Five Dynasties period, loosely based on Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'. The setting is an ancient Chinese kingdom, where malice and treachery rule. The latest turmoil arises with the sudden death of the emperor. Suspicion falls on his ambitious brother Li (You Ge), who takes the throne as well as his brother's young, beautiful wife, Empress Wan (Ziyi Zhang). The only obstacle in his path is his brother's son, Prince Wuluan (Daniel Wu), a melancholy youngster who harbours a sexual longing for his stepmother and has consequently exiled himself to a colony in the wilderness. When the new emperor's ninja assassins reach the colony the prince barely escapes with his life. Returning to the palace, he is at once embroiled in schemes, counterschemes and suspect declarations of love. The film climaxes at a late night banquet where murder is the main dish on the menu...
A spectacular, dazzling and bloody re-imagining of Shakespeare's legendary Hamlet, The Banquet is an epic tale of revenge, violence and betrayal. Locked in a loveless marriage Empress Wan is desperate to keep her forbidden love for Prince Wu Luan from a family divided by cruelty and oppression. When the Emperor suddenly dies, his conniving younger brother Li takes up the throne forcing Wan to marry him. Convinced that this is the only way to protect all she loves from being destroyed by this new power hungry tyrant, Wan agrees - but it isn't long before betrayal, revenge and tragedy strike.
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