A glossy - for China - attempt to cover the revolution brought to China in 1911, and the founding of the Chinese Republic.
Led by Sun Yat-sen, it seems more like several revolutions than one. The size of China made it difficult for a single campaign to overthrow the Qing dynasty, and there seemed to be a number of parties keen to get in on the action.
It must also have been difficult to establish a single version of the truth - if indeed there is one - when so many interests were at stake.
Still, this is a creditable attempt to construct a cohesive story out of this, notwithstanding the fact that people like Jackie Chan are involved, injecting a wholly unnecessary element of kung fu on the proceedings. Ha!
Trouble is, it's not one or the other. It's not a warts 'n all narrative history of the fall of the last great Empire, and it's certainly not a classic Chinese fight movie.
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