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Information
- A.k.a.
- 1911
- Year
- 2011
- Runtime
- 121 min.
- Directors
- Jackie Chan, Li Zhang
- Genres
- Action, Drama, Adventure, War, History
- Rating *
- 5.9
- Votes *
- 4,026
- Checks
- 171
- Favs
- 0
- Dislikes
- 7
- Favs/checks
- 0.0% (0:171)
- Favs/dislikes
- 0:7
Top comments
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Siskoid
1911 is historical epic about the revolution that toppled the Chinese Empire, and feels a heck of a lot like it was made to order by the State. Its problem, beyond its forced patriotism (although it's possible to see it as a call to revolt against Communism too), is that it is trying to do too much. We might follow Jackie Chan as a haunted revolutionary, or the political story, or the crooked prime minister, or the compelling Empress Dowager and her son, but the film (at a trim 99 minutes) keeps jumping around between them at a furious pace, filling in the blanks with tiny tiny historical subtitles which you can hardly read at the same time as the dialog. It's too bad too, because individual scenes are expertly shot and stylish, and the acting is excellent (except for the labored English or French-language stuff, where terrible accents and wooden delivery reigns). This might have been THREE good films, but as a whole, doesn't amount to much. A thing of parts. 8 years 9 months ago