Review of 1911 - Revolution (2011) by Brandon L — 21 May 2012

This epic telling by Jackie Chan and Zhang Li of the 1911 Chinese revolution that made way for the country's Republic era is not as successful as it would like to be, simply because it tries to cram too much into one two-hour film.

The film would have been better split into two parts and then the fi...read morelms need to tell its audience what happens instead of showing it would not have seemed as egregious. However, generally good acting, particularly from Winston Chao, Chan and Chun Sun help the film immensely and the action sequences are very well-done.

As a historical account of an important era in Chinese history it is quite good; as an epic war drama it is simply okay.