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The Warrior And The Wolf

Guest Review by Dog Ate My Wookie

Stars: Jô Odagiri, Maggie Q, Chung Hua Tou | Written and Directed by Zhuangzhuang Tian

More than two thousand years ago the Han Emperor sent his armies far beyond the Gobi Desert in order to subdue the rebellious tribes. It was a treacherous and inhospitable zone where winter came and the land belonged to the wolves and snow. After a long battle Commander Lu begins the retreat as winter sets in but his troops become stranded in the village of the ‘cursed’ Harran tribe. Trapped, Lu takes refuge in an apparently abandoned hut only to discover that he’s not alone, a Harran widow lives there and he takes a fancy, the pair become embroiled in a ‘passionate affair’ but Lu does not comprehend the price that they will pay for their passions.

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It’s another jam-packed week of DVD and Blu-ray releases, here’s the rundown of what’s available to buy from today, May 30th 2011.

Just Go With It (DVD/Blu-ray)

Danny Maccabee (Adam Sandler) meets the girl of his dreams (Brooklyn Decker) but has to enlist his loyal assistant Katherine (Jennifer Aniston) to pretend to be his soon-to-be ex-wife in order to cover up a careless lie. When more lies backfire, Katherine’s kids become involved, and everyone heads off to Hawaii for a ridiculous, out-of-control weekend that tests the limits of how far we’ll go for love. Review.

The Dilemma (DVD/Blu-ray)

Since college, confirmed bachelor Ronny (Vaughn) and happily married Nick (James) have been through thick and thin. Now partners in an auto design firm, the two pals are vying to land a dream project that would launch their company. With Ronny’s girlfriend, Beth (Connelly), and Nick’s wife,...

The teaser was nice, but it’s good to get in the full trailer for Zhuangzhuang Tian’s Chinese supernatural period movie “The Warrior and the Wolf”. I’m still not sure if this can be called full-blown epic, but it sure has its share of scenes involving lots of people in heavy armor running around a desert. One presumes they’re running to fight someone, or running to dinner. What am I, psychic? Anyways, the full trailer below. The disillusioned general of an ancient Chinese army regiment finds himself stranded in a village populated by a strange clan with mystical connections to wolves. The cast is led by Maggie Q (”Mission Impossible 3″), Jô Odagiri, and Chung Hua Tou. The film is supposedly due in theaters in China later this year. Via Sina. Thanks to reader “sheyebrow” for the heads up.