Sacrifice

2010 [CHINESE]

Action / Drama / History

14
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 21% · 2 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 21% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.2/10 10 2554 2.6K

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Plot summary

For generations the Zhao family has wielded power, until their mortal enemy TU’AN GU slaughters the entire clan, determined to wipe out their influence forever. But one Zhao baby survives hidden by CHENG YING the doctor who delivered him. When Tu’an Gu learns of the baby’s escape he seizes every infant in the city, vowing to kill them all unless the Zhao baby is surrendered. As the tyrant’s soldiers arrive at Cheng Ying’s home the frantic doctor hides his wife with their own baby whilst surrendering the Zhao child as his own. But his family is discovered; his baby is presumed to be the Zhao heir and murdered along with his wife for harboring the infant. Now set on revenge Cheng Ying enrolls the Zhao orphan into the service of the Tu’an Gu household, plotting to use him as an instrument of vengeance when he comes of age.

Director

Top cast

Bingbing Fan as Princess Zhuang
William Wang as Young Zhao Wu
Bo Peng as Duke Ling of Jin
Guoan Bao as Zhao Dun / Zhao Xuanzi
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
1.08 GB
1280*576
Chinese 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
2 hr 2 min
Seeds 2
2.06 GB
1920*864
Chinese 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
2 hr 2 min
Seeds 5

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by lee_eisenberg 6 / 10

I guess that it helps to know a lot about China's history

I started watching Chen Kaige's "Zhao shi gu er" ("Sacrifice" in English) knowing almost nothing about the plot, and even less about the Spring and Autumn period of China's history. That made a lot of the movie a little hard to follow, but the clever action scenes made up for that. This story of treachery involving a general's son in the Jin duchy is one of the many historical movies from China incorporating intrigue and swordfighting (to my knowledge it doesn't count as a wuxia film).If the movie has any downside, it's that it goes on too long. Eventually, all the battles start to wear thin. Even so, I enjoyed most of it. Not any sort of masterpiece but likable enough.
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Reviewed by guilherme_silva_1992 6 / 10

Worth watching once, if you like the genre

While the premise was quite good, I felt that it was poorly executed, given that, as the minutes went by, I became less and less interested in the characters.

If you like the genre, it's well worth watching. Otherwise, there are better ones out there.

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