The Promise (simplified Chinese: 无极; traditional Chinese: 無極; pinyin: Wújí; literally "Limitless") is a 2005 Chinese epic fantasy film directed by Chen Kaige and starring Jang Dong-gun, Hiroyuki Sanada, Cecilia Cheung and Nicholas Tse. The film is based on the Wuxia romance The K’un-lun Slave, written by P’ei Hsing at the time of the Tang Dynasty.
First released in mainland China on December 15, 2005, as well as Hong Kong and Singapore. The Weins...
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The Promise (simplified Chinese: 无极; traditional Chinese: 無極; pinyin: Wújí; literally "Limitless") is a 2005 Chinese epic fantasy film directed by Chen Kaige and starring Jang Dong-gun, Hiroyuki Sanada, Cecilia Cheung and Nicholas Tse. The film is based on the Wuxia romance The K’un-lun Slave, written by P’ei Hsing at the time of the Tang Dynasty.
First released in mainland China on December 15, 2005, as well as Hong Kong and Singapore. The Weinstein Company adapted it for North American distributions and 3-day preview screenings, but they sold the movie to Warner Independent Pictures. While under the control of TWC, they trimmed out 19 minutes of scenes and renamed it Master of the Crimson Armor. Eventually, it was released on May 5, 2006 as The Promise.
When it was released in Asian markets, the crowd reactions were mixed. In China, public response was largely negative, although it made USD$9 million dollars in mainland China in the opening week and HK$8 million dollars in Hong Kong...
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