The Resistance

Ninjas + Japanese Soldiers + an evil General + a beautiful girl with vengeance + Nazis = Perfect Movie
The Resistance The Resistance

This movie is a perfect combination of martial arts and WW2 movies, it has more than I expected.

The plot is about the Japanese occupation of China 1940. The city of Sichen is in control of a Japanese General Takeshi (Li Zhang). The Japanese army is brutally murdering the Chinese people and the atrocities committed against the Chinese women are especially barbaric, until one day a Black Dress Killer arrive to the town, and kill over 1,500 soldiers and is systematically working his way to the Japanese General. The Black Dress Killer is a woman named Xiaoyun (Serena Hu or Hu Sang) who lost her family during General Takeshis occupation of her village and now she seek vengeance against the General. Meanwhile a Resistance leader Chen (Zhao Jun Long) failed to save a friend from Japanese prison but...

Resist Watching.
I watched this on stream and was so moved I felt I had to warn others. The synopsis given on IMDB was clearly what the film makers intended us to see, but the actual result is quite something else. This is supposed to be in the aftermath of the `Rape of Nanking' see `City of Life and Death' for an excellent portrayal of that part of shameful history. This is about `one man' who stands up to fight the entire Imperial Japanese Army and of an American journalist who wants to bring the world the truth. The thing is this is set in some village (well its only got one street by the looks of things) called The City of Sichen in 1940 some three years after Nanking.

A mystery resistance fighter called `The Black Dress Killer' presumably because `he' wears black and kills people. Well he is going around beheading the Japanese in a CGI blood splatter fest. Meanwhile the card board cut out nasty General decides he will kill absolutely everybody unless he is told who this killer is. This...

Good Movie showcasing a Great Shaolin Kung Fu Master
Zhang Li Peng is a Genuine Shaolin Kung Fu Master with Extrodinary Skills. This Movie showcases his emerging talents as an actor. I only wished that more of his Kung Fu talents were exhibited in this movie. Its well worth purchasing for the entertainment value as well as the collectors value. Li Peng will be a big star in the near future and you can own what will become his earlier work. Also see Man from Shaolin.

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