Dragon Blade is a fun, undemanding historical epic based upon a true story. The true story is that there was a Roman Empire, China exists and there was a Silk Road. Beyond that the film is an historical fantasy based around a Roman General on the run with the blind son of a consul and a few loyal men. He meets the disgraced Captain of a border patrol and together they..... well the plot really isn't important.
Basically Jackie Chan joins forces with John Cusack to defeat the evil Adrien Brody. There are lots of set pieces, good stunt work and some fun battles. Jackie Chan is funny, heroic and dependable as always in the lead role. Adrien Brody is suitably villainous and John Cusack plays John Cusack. It's not something worth going out of your way to watch but if it's on, Dragon Blade is a fun bit of mindless entertainment.
Review of Dragon Blade
Dragon Blade
(2015)
Jackie Chan and John Cusack team up to defeat the evil Adrien Brody ...nuff said.
26 August 2019
Warning: Spoilers