Many years ago a Chinese friend of mine said to me, quote, "You know so much more about China's background and history than I have ever known" unquote. Its because I have had a deep interest in the orient/South East Asia etc since I was very young. So when I say to you now that this film is absolutely incorrect for about 80% of the films story and content.
The telling of the formation and beginnings of the CPC/CCP (Chinese Communist Party) is so scrambled and utterly confusing, that even Chinese people themselves have no idea about what they have watched. It spent far too much time making itself look westernized and over the top glamorous. It was bad enough waiting for the long list of 27 production companies to complete in the films opening credits but, there was also way too many actors and parts being played. I'm surprised Donnie Yen, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Chow Yun-fat, Michelle Yeoh and Zhang Ziyi were not thrown in for good measure. After all, they had nearly everyone else from China's film stars A-List in the film!
Not true to historical facts and too uninformative of actual events and times. It gets 1 star from me purely for the good filming, lighting and sets etc.
