Movie
Reign of Assassins
Overview
Set in ancient China, Zeng Jing is a skilled assassin who finds herself in possession of a mystical Buddhist monk's remains. She begins a quest to return the remains to its rightful resting place, and thus places herself in mortal danger because a team of assassins is in a deadly pursuit to possess the remains which holds an ancient power-wielding secret.
Details
- Release date
- 2010-09-01
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Genres
- Action, Adventure
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Lion Rock Productions
- Country
- China, Hong Kong, Taiwan
- Original language
- ZH
Cast
- Michelle Yeoh as Zeng Jing
- Jung Woo-sung as Jiang Ah-Sheng
- Wang Xueqi as The Wheel King
- Barbie Hsu as Turquoise
- Shawn Yue Man-Lok as Lei Bin
- Kelly Lin Hsi-Lei as Drizzle
- Guo Xiaodong as Zhang Ren Feng
- Jiang Yiyan as Tian Qing Tong
- Leon Dai as The Magician
- Nina Paw Hei-Ching as Granny Cai
- King Shih-chieh as Doctor Li
- Li Zonghan as Wisdom
Crew
- Su Chaobin - Director
- John Woo - Director
- Su Chaobin - Screenplay
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