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WARLORDS

POSTED BY Spencer Vickers | MONDAY MAY 18 AT 1:13 PDT 

Director: Peter Ho-Sun Chan

Cast: Jet Li, Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro

Synopsis: A Chinese army general (Li) joins with two bandits (Lau, Kaneshiro) to defend a hapless village from the horrors of war.  They become blood brothers, but their loyalty is tested when politics and a love triangle come into play.

Genre: Historical Action

Release Date: Summer 2009 (North America)

\'WARLORDS\' WITH JET LI TO GET U.S. RELEASE THIS SUMMER

'WARLORDS' WITH JET LI TO GET U.S. RELEASE THIS SUMMER

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Magnet Releasing, the genre film-oriented division of Magnolia Pictures, has acquired the rights to release the Jet Li film Warlords.  The historical action melodrama was a critical and commercial success in China, and also stars Andy Lau (the dude who played the dude Matt Damon’s character in The Departed was based off of from the original Infernal Affairs) and Takeshi Kaneshiro (for fans of the now-ancient Playstation 2, he was the guy they modeled the main character after in the feudal zombie action game Onimusha). Check out the trailer and and everything you ever wanted to know about Warlords after the jump.  Or just post what we failed to mention in the comments section, smartass. More...