{"id":565,"date":"2008-04-26T18:28:38","date_gmt":"2008-04-26T08:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2008\/04\/26\/not-so-new-jade-warrior\/"},"modified":"2008-04-27T08:34:19","modified_gmt":"2008-04-26T22:34:19","slug":"not-so-new-jade-warrior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2008\/04\/26\/not-so-new-jade-warrior\/","title":{"rendered":"New DVD Release: Jade Warrior"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jade Warrior<\/strong> [aka Jadesoturi] (2006) is a kung fu fantasy film made in Finland by director Antti-Jussi Annila. Its bizarre lineage is enough to pique one’s interest, being based on both Chinese and Finnish mythologies — in the latter case the epic work The Kalevala<\/em><\/a>, a collection of tales somewhat like the Arthurian legends or The Odyssey<\/em>. The Kalevala features a hero and a mystical device called the Sampo, as well as a love story, demons and an apocalyptic threat in the form of a battle of Good and Evil for control of the world. The film uses these elements, interweaving events in ancient China with events in modern-day Finland, as the hero is re-incarnated in order to find his love and save the world. Or something like that.<\/p>\n

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Plot summary from Cine-east.com:<\/p>\n

Inspired by a well-known Finnish epic called The Kalevala<\/em>, the story opens with a down-on-his luck hardware merchant who gets dumped by his girlfriend. She tries to dispose of his collection of Asian artifacts at an antique dealer, but this sets off a mythical series of events that turns the merchant into a warrior prince, fated to battle a demon in icy northern Finland, responsible for enslaving all of humankind. The prince is abetted – and then ultimately betrayed – by a two-faced female warrior who has captured his heart and thus carries his greatest weakness in her hands. The battle involves enchanted boxes, spectacular swordfights, and supernatural events that come together – simultaneously – in an isolated cabin on the outskirts of Helsinki and in the Chinese mountains.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\"Jade<\/a><\/p>\n

And yes, that is a mummy in the foreground of the previous shot.<\/p>\n

So I went to the website<\/a> and looked around and eventually watched the official trailer. Looks good.<\/p>\n

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Here’s a different trailer with English voice-over:<\/p>\n

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But amidst all that did you catch the hint of a giant monster?<\/p>\n

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He shall rise… indeed! Let’s hope so!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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