2019 · action · adventure · war
Kingdom
Directed by Shinsuke Sato2h 13m2019
Set in Qin Dynasty during the warring states period in ancient China. Shin was a war orphan. He has a dream of becoming a great general Shin has a fateful encounter with young King Eisei. King Eisei aims to unify all of China.
Our read: Kingdom (2019) reads as a warm, breathless, inventive action · adventure · war entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, breathless, measured action / adventure, inventive in texture. Redemptive, epic, measured.
- warm
- kinetic
- intense
- redemptive
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