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- MOVIE page: Xinhai geming (2011)
- Rate: 5.9/10 total 3,206 votes
- Genre: Action | Adventure | Drama | History | War
- Runtime: 121 min (DVD)
- Budget: $18,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross: $127,437 (USA) (21 October 2011)
- Director: Wayne Wang
- Stars: Jackie Chan, Winston Chao, Bingbing Li | See full cast and crew
- Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
- Plot Keyword: China | Qing Dynasty | Forbidden City | Gore | Woman Crying
- Xingdong Wang (screenplay) &
- Baoguang Chen (screenplay)
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Xinhai geming (2011) Synopsis :
Jackie Chan's 100th movie: Starring Jackie Chan and co-directed by the star and Zhang Li, 1911 tells the story of the founding of the Republic of China when Sun Yat-sens forces overthrew the Qing Dynasty. Sun is played by look-alike Chinese actor Zhao Wen Xuan. Li Bingbing, Joan Chen and Jaycee Chan also star. This is a dramatic movie, of which Jackie Chan hopes will show the United States his ability to act in a drama. Chan plays a high ranking military officer (seems as if he is a general). It is expected that no Kung-Fu will be used, although lots battles with the use of guns in a war type setting with weapons from the time period of 1911, what was accurately used in the Overthrowing of the Qing Dynasty by the hands of Sun Yat-sen's forces. Originally Jackie Chan's 100th film was going to be "Armor of God 3: Chinese Zodiac" but due to Shaolin (2011) and this dramatic role which is currently under the post production phase., "Armor of God 3: Chinese Zodiac" and its release has been pus.......Goofs: Anachronisms: When the revolutionary leader is on the ocean liner heading for China, the lifeboats on deck are too modern: they are painted bright orange and have built-in engines (note the propellers). The movie is set in 1911, so none of these characteristics would be present. Lifeboats of that era were rowboats, usually painted white.
Plot: A historical drama based on the founding of the Republic of China when nationalist forces led by Sun Yat-sen overthrew the Qing Dynasty. »
Story: A historical drama based on the founding of the Republic of China when nationalist forces led by Sun Yat-sen overthrew the Qing Dynasty.
Produced By:
- Guoqing Gu known as producer
- Bin Guo known as producer
- Peter Lam known as producer
- Li-Juan Liu known as producer (as Lijuan Liu)
- Jianhong Qi known as producer
- Zhong-lun Ren known as producer (as Zhonglun Ren)
- Xiaoyi Shen known as producer
- Dafang Wang known as producer
- Lian Yu known as producer
- Li Zhou known as producer
- Pixue Zhou known as producer
- Jackie Chan known as Huang Xing
- Winston Chao known as Sun Yat-sen
- Bingbing Li known as Xu Zonghan (as Bingbing Lee)
- Chun Sun known as Yuan Shikai
- Joan Chen known as Empress Longyu
- Wu Jiang known as Li Yuanhong
- Jaycee Chan known as Zhang Zhenwu
- Ge Hu known as Lin Juemin
- Jing Ning known as Qiu Jin
- Shaoqun Yu known as Wang Jingwei
- Yu-Hang To known as Xiong Bingkun (as Dennis To)
- Zhi-zhong Huang known as Situ Meitang (as Zhizhong Huang)
- Ting Mei known as Chen Yiying
- Duobuji known as Feng Guozhang
- Simon Dutton known as John Newell Jordan
- Ming Hu known as Liao Zhongkai
- Wenli Jiang known as Soong Ching-ling
- Dong-xue Li known as Zai Feng
- Liang Qi known as Wu Zhaolin
- Zeru Tao known as Tang Weiyong
- Luyao Wang known as Yuan's Concubine
- Ya'nan Wang known as Yuan Keding
- Ziwen Wang known as Tang Manrou
- Zongwan Wei known as Yi Xin
- Gang Xie known as Tang Shaoyi
- Jiadong Xing known as Song Jiaoren
- Daying Ye known as Wu Tingfang
- Arthur Bergman known as Soldier (uncredited)
Production Companies:
- Beijing Alnair Culture & Media
- Changchun Film Studio
- China City Construction
- Hebei Broadcasting Film & TV
- Hebei Film Studio
- Huaxia Film Distribution Company
- Hubei Provincial Party Committee Propaganda Department
- Jackie & JJ Productions
- Jackie Chan International Cinema Culture Holdings
- Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation
- Langfang Guohua Film Base
- Media Asia Films
- Nanjing Broadcasting Network
- Shanghai Film Studios
- Tianjin North Film Group
- Xiaoxiang Film Studio
MPAA: Rated R for war violence
Xinhai geming (2011) Review by DICK STEEL from Singapore
Being billed as Jackie Chan's centennial film - well it depends onwho's counting since IMDb.com listed it as the number 109, butseriously, who's counting? - it was a shrewd career choice to have madeit an epic in both scale and story, an extremely well made piece ofhistorical drama filled with political intrigue and a fine castfleshing out their period roles, and to coincide it with the centennialyear of the historical milestone it is based on as well, being the 1911Xinhai Revolution that ultimately overthrew the Chinese Qing dynastyand ended more than 2000 years of Imperial rule in China. It could havebeen Rush Hour 4 or Police Story 6, but Jackie Chan had got granderideas, so good for him.
With the aforementioned centennial celebrations of sorts, there arecountless of films being released based on historical characters andincidents in the run up, with big budgeted, and undoubtedly easilylabelled as propaganda films like The Founding of a Republic and itssequel The Founding of a Party boasting big name stars in its line upto draw record audiences. The latest yet to hit the big screen here,but soon enough unless the incessant playing of the trailers start toput people off, would be the story of Qiu Jin who was an anti- Qingrevolutionary, in a film titled The Woman Knight of Mirror Lakedirected by Herman Yau, and it is Qiu Jin who interesting enough,actually opens this film, which may make those unfamiliar with hercharacter scratch their heads for a little while.
In a gist 1911 chronicles the fight by the Tong Meng Hui led by SunYat-Sen (Winston Chao) and his band of brothers to start a revolutionagainst the corrupt Qing government who have so far been making plentyof concessions to foreign powers since the Opium War, with the countrydecaying morally and economically, the poor leading really miserablelives. If you're been watching Chinese cinema set around the era, you'dbe fairly familiar with the strife and struggles of the Chinese peoplein and around that period, and this film centers itself around thefailed attempts, and successful forays in leading an armed and bloodyrevolution to eject the corrupt leaders from their throne of power inBeijing.
Sharing director duties with Zhang Li, Jackie Chan despite being his100th film which you may think the limelight should fall on him,somehow successfully dissolves into his General Huang Xing role, anddidn't mind playing second fiddle to both Winston Chao's Sun Yat-senand the life-changing events that unfolded in 1911. In many scenesyou'll forget about Chan being Chan in his charismatic presence, eventoning down his usual repertoire of stunts and moves that he's so wellknown for in his films, to ground himself very much in reality givenit's an historical epic, providing only a glimpse of his old self injust a single scene no doubt to trademark this as a Jackie Chan flick.It's an admirable effort of restraint here, and once again allows Chanto showcase his serious side and acting chops since his successfulLittle Big Soldier.
The narrative also unfolded fairly evenly, with the first third of itunfolding in an interesting use of time and space rather than what youwould think would be the usual chronological unravelling of events. Iguess it goes to show the coming of age and maturing of contemporaryChinese mainstream cinema in adopting more creative techniques to theirart and craft, and this dedication to accuracy and details show. Withclassy visual effects and beautiful art direction, the entire filmbecame like a walk through time and history, with stuff you read aboutin the history books being brought alive. The film tried to cover asmuch ground as possible, and realistically read like a fast-forwardedsynopsis of given key milestones being played out on screen, and therest breezed through in the use of many inter-titles to fill in thegaps between scenes, which you may need a magnifying glass to read.
And where would the fun be if not for its ensemble cast, someinevitably only get limited air time, such as Ye Shao Qun, Jaycee Chanand Dennis To in very blink and you miss moments. Sun Chun playing YuanShikai almost steals the show with his portrayal as the power-hungrygeneral who is biding his time with his allegiance, holding the Qingcourt ransom with his demands, and stalling his actions for the rebels,providing that level of political intrigue as a shaky alliance based onpromises and the integrity of men come into play. Joan Chen alsoexcelled in her role as the Empress Dowager (to think that many yearsback she was the Queen in Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor) andwas a delight to watch how ineffective the entire dynasty rule hadbecome behind the closed doors of the Forbidden City, while the otherfemale actress in Li Bingbing as the wife of Huang Xing came off as fartoo lightweight in her nursing role. Winson Chao continues in histypecast role as Sun Yat-sen, portraying him in umpteenth filmprojects, though at no point you'll doubt his charismatic air andgravitas brought into the role.
1911 challenges Chinese filmmakers to dig deep into their history totell stories based on its own contemporary, formative years. EvenSingapore is finally getting into the act with its own 1965 filmproject, and I suppose any film industry worth its grain in salt wouldhave these films lined up under its filmography that allows for acritical and artistic look at troubled times before, the ideals heldthen, and the struggles many took to bring us to where we are today. Itmay not be Jackie Chan's flashiest role or film, but definitely one ofhis classiest and dignified one yet. Highly recommended!
Xinhai geming (2011) Review by Scott-2071 from United States
"1911" is NOT a movie about the Colt .45 semi-automatic Pistol.
"1911" was the year of a people's revolution in China. Like many modernrevolutions (Iran), this one did not end well (Mao - though that wasmuch later).
1911 the movie is an historical drama based on the fall of the QingDynasty and China's first attempts at becoming a Republic.
Jackie Chan co-directed and stars in a supporting role. There is one"Jackie-Chan-class" martial-arts scene, to placate his fans, havinglittle to do with the plot. It involves little screen time, and isbarely worth mentioning as fight scene or plot distraction.
The camera loves Chan and he the camera. He nicely under-plays hischaracter but has scenes where his familiar face and real acting chopsanchor the movie for western audiences.
"1911" overlaps the time and events of the movie "Last Emperor ofChina" and spends considerable screen time in the Imperial Court. In"Emperor," we meet PuYi at age 2-3 when he becomes Emperor, then followhim into adulthood and old age. PuYi was a child of 5 in 1911.
1911 was a genuine revolution a couple of decades prior to the battlesthat begat the time of Chairman Mao. If like me, you are barely awareof this period in Chinese History, this movie may give resolve to learnmore. I have visited the rather large memorial to Dr Sun Yat-sen inGuangzhou. The Chinese Garden in Vancouver BC is an even largermemorial to him.
In addition to political manoeuvrings, the movie is about the mud andthe blood and the guts of a revolution. Beautiful young men and womenthrown into the meat grinder for the cause of "freedom" - or so theyhad all hoped. The movie introduces many such young people, thenreturns to mourn them - brilliantly, I thought.
The Qing Dynasty's end involved a couple of women serving as empresses/ regents for about 50-60 years. I do not mean to say that it was acause, only that it was an unusual fact. "1911" showed Empress DowagerLongyu (Xiao Ding Jing / Xizi) as more focused on comfort and fashionthat affairs of state. Hard to know how real that was from 100 yearslater. She would have been 42-43 in 1911 yet the movie shows her as amuch younger very beautiful woman (played by Joan Chen). Her beauty isborne out by other reports from earlier in her life, however she passedaway in 1913 at 44, and later pictures suggest significant dentalproblems.
PuYi, the "Last Emperor" was elevated to office at age 2 with affairsof state handled by a female Regent. From that day forward, PuYi wasconsidered a living god with grown and powerful men kowtowing to hisevery whim. Probably bad for the psychological development of a 2 yearold to say the least. I thought that 1911 showed this adequately.
An Emperor / Empress had total control to manage the affairs of state,and it would be the same for a Regent acting in his or her name. Likeroot/administrator access on a Linux/Windows Server that can work verywell indeed if the administrator knows what s/he is doing. However thatlevel of control can also destroy the system almost as easily throughignorance - or simple bad luck.
The political insulation and bureaucratic "plaque" built up for Chineseemperors is difficult to imagine. With occasional changes of dynastythrough warfare, the concept of divine royalty had governed China for2,000 years.
Behind high walls and gates, The Forbidden City/palace is nearly 8million square feet (180 acres). The Vatican is about 3/5th as large,the Kremlin 1/3. It contains nearly 1,000 buildings and nearly 10,000rooms. 9,000 people lived there to serve the imperial family. Only aselect handful were allowed to even see the face of the emperor. If youweren't on that very short list the penalty for viewing his face was...death. Thus in modern dramas, you see high officials putting theirfaces to the floor when the emperor enters. That is by all accounts,quite real.
We know how isolated some of US Presidents have been, especially thebunker mentality of Mr. Nixon or Mr. Johnson late in their time inoffice; however the isolation from the "(wo)man in the street" of thesePresidents is probably less than 1/100th that of the Chinese ImperialCourt, due to scale, tradition and technologies.
Most of "1911" is in Mandarin with subtitles but you'll hear Englishwhere a scene is set in America's Chinatown or an aristocrat's gardensin England. At these garden parties, as European bankers would drinkand dine and decide the fates of nations, Dr Sun Yat Sen lobbied themto stop loaning money to the Qing Dynasty. He succeeds, inhibitingtheir ability to buy weapons and pay soldiers. We also follow Dr. Sunas he travels to raise funds from the Overseas Chinese of America.
Dr. Sun declared that he would serve as interim President of Chinaafter sufficient battle victories allowed formation of a legislativebody, but that he would resign as soon as the Qing Emperor abdicated.This he did. The political reasons and consequences of that decisionare a major part of the movie.
Worth your time and money in theaters, but if that can't be worked intoyour schedule, be sure to rent it.
Scott-Bob
Xinhai geming (2011) Review by d95112 from San Jose, CA.
I saw this film on Oct. 9th. 2011. It moves quite quickly at thebeginning and there is a lot of war action portrayed in the failedattempts to overthrow the Qing Empire. Chartracters are all identifiedand that is the only part of the film that detracts from the viewing.The film is in Chinese and by the time you have read the subtitles thecharacters names are gone. The film is enjoyable if you know Chinesehistory of this period and if you don't it can be just a series oftalking and action scenes and can be quite confusing. Sun yat-sen isthe main character but Jackie Chan does get to be more than just anaction figure. If you want to more about this period of Chinese thiswould be the movie to spur you on or illustrate better what was goingon in China at this time. Yuan Shi-kai is one character who hasappeared in a lot of historical films portraying this period and hisactions are as always ones of greed and betrayal.
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