An Empress and the Warriors

Set in ancient China, where rival kingdoms fight for supremacy, the story follows Princess Yan Feier. After her father, the king, is killed during a battle, she takes the throne and leads the defence of her realm. Her ambitious cousin Wu Ba, who expected to inherit the crown himself, plots against her, and an attempt on her life forces her into hiding. Sheltered by a hunter, she must decide whether to reclaim her position and lead her people to war or choose a quieter life.

The film is directed by Tony Ching Siu-Tung, the eleventh of the thirteen features he has directed in chronological order, arriving after Belly of the Beast and before The Sorcerer and the White Snake. Kelly Chen plays the princess, with Donnie Yen as General Muyong Xuehu, Leon Lai as Duan Lan Quan, Guo Xiaodong as Wu Ba and Shan Zhang as King Zhao Wu. The screenplay is by James Yuen Sai-Sang, Charcoal Tan and Chun Tin-Nam, and the producers include Claudie Chung Chun, Don Yu Dong and Eric Tsang. A Hong Kong and mainland Chinese co-production, it runs 99 minutes and took about 9 million dollars worldwide.

Audience responses were moderate: on IMDb it holds 5.8/10 from roughly 4,200 votes, while on TMDB it stands at 6.1/10 from about 130 votes.