
In the early Qing Dynasty, elite Jin guards infiltrate General Li’s palace and reclaim the legendary Chicken Cup. Three hundred years later, Jin guard descendant He Fan sacrifices his life to protect the artifact from treasure hunter David Wong during a battle at a temple.
We’ve always known that Edgar Wright is a mixologist when it comes to blending sound, light, colour, and texture. This is especially true in the first act of the film. In fact, all of my positive feedback is directed exclusively at the first act of this film.
This short film was an overall creative success.
An uncomplicated, family-oriented man struggles to adjust to an ever-changing world, especially after suffering a loss. Even for the early 1900s, a less complicated time in many ways than now, Robert Grainier (Joel Edgerton) is a simple man.
"Ladies First" has a fundamental misunderstanding of what's feminine because of the patriarchy and what women do because they genuinely enjoy it.