Review of 1911 - Revolution (2011) by Jonathan O — 11 Sep 2012

Look I love a good foreign epic regardless of nationality or event. The problem I had with this movie was that it just wasn't good at all! The good way to tell a story is by having a good story teller and the movie suffered from, not having a good way of telling the story.

The editing was just terrible, and half the times scenes just kept getting cut in half! Whenever something interesting is happening, the scene gets chopped by other scenes, and before you know it the film moves on! Also half the time I didn't even know what the hell was going on! Don't call me stupid! Its just the filmmakers should explain whats going on by good pacing, and good writing.

We get none of that here! Take Tae Guk Gi for example. It is a Korean-made war film about the Korean War. Though a lot of people don't know about what happened during the war, the filmmakers did a solid job with pacing and good writing that the story of the brothers in the war, was enough to have people, especially foreigners follow the movie without feeling lost! Not one time was I lost and it was an Epic film.

I feel that the project was way to much for Jackie Chan to handle. Please don't watch this, even if you know about the 1911 revolution you will still be disappointed!