Movie Review: The Empress and the Warriors
The Empress and the Warriors as a fiction might have been inspired by great women of history such as Chinese female military genius Wang Cong'er or maybe Queen Elizabeth who herself was at first, doubtful if she could revive England. In ancient Korea, there was Queen Seondok. In this one, the fiction tries to keep itself realistic and Empress Yan Fei'er (acted by Kelly Chen) seems to be a character of fiction blended from real life characters. And it's set in a time when chauvinism was a norm. Fortunately Yan Fei'er is no Amazonian either. She tries to strive for gender fairness in a land ruled by male sexists and she must battle her cousin, who can't accept the fact that the throne is ruled by a woman for the first time! So here it is- Yan Huba is a sexist and schemer. Sexist, because he can't accept his female cousin will succeed the throne. By right and lineage, Fei'er is the rightful heir of the throne which makes Huba an imposter. ...