The Banquet International Trailer

From director Feng Xiao Gang and star Zhang Ziyi comes this visually stunning epic drama.
The Banquet has been described as a loose adaptation of "Hamlet"; it is a tale of fate and
revenge set in 10th century China. A new Emperor has usurped the throne through murder.
Zhang Ziyi plays the widowed Empress, who marries the new Emperor (Ge You) only to protect
herself, but also secretly plots his death with the help of the Crown Prince ( Daniel Wu )
and the Chief Minister (Ma Jingwu). Yet the Prince and Minister each have their own plans
for the throne, and, of course, so does the Emperor. All these intrigues are brought to a
climax when the Emperor calls for a lavish banquet, where the murderous plans are set in motion.

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[AfistfulofDollars]

One of the best movies ever!!Hollywood movies still sucks because they can only copy movies from asia ( dark water, the ring, Infernal affairs which called in us departed, the grudge and what me really pissed of my sassy girl the remake was a creation of bastards) They als want to make a remake of JSA, Oldboy Hollywood go and fuck yourselff with your stupid amateur no story movies and billion dollars special effects.

[enilegnave21]

Possibly the best movie of the last decade.

A rich smorgasbörd of colors, tapestries, sounds and cinematography.

The performances are beyond stellar.

The soundtrack is perfection.

Everything about this movie was so well done that you can have absolutely no complaint!!!

[Jinsukiji]

Epic, epic, epic, @6:40 THE BANQUET. So out of place. LOL

[wikct2]

Who is the cellist?  Beautifully played.

[mckaygerhard]

umm my version are more short.. but any way, too many slow motion scecuencies in battles

[ShakuenC]

Im quiiite sure I heard MAJIN BUU at the end...

[thocari]

Loose adaptation means most elements of the novel are dropped or changed, it doesn't mean its copied. Maybe Hamlets version bores Asians so bad that they needed to change it which has a good result. But either way, Asians are really good when it comes to movies.

[NineLivesToLive]

@gitgit42 I agree with you, but there is a film that is even better than this one, and that is Curse of the Golden Flower. If you haven't seen it, and if you truly love these kind of movies, I would highly reconmend it.

[JacobxMarley]

@AfistfulofDollars so basically they copied it and changed it a little is what your saying lol

[AfistfulofDollars]

@JacobxMarley not true its a book adaption but with his own touch!! Watch the original asian movies and then the remakes and you will see!!

[JacobxMarley]

@AfistfulofDollars lol well apparently this movie is a loose adaption of hamlet so if hollywood is copying asia then asia is copying shakespear lol

[hueftbacon]

@AfistfulofDollars you´re right but this particular one itself is an adaption of Hamlet, so.