[Movie Review] Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom (高卢英雄： 中世纪王国)

 

SYNOPSIS
It’s the year 50 BC. The Empress of China has just been imprisoned following a coup d’état incited by Deng Tsin Qin, a traitorous prince. Helped by Bankruptis (Jonathan Cohen), the Phoenician merchant, and her faithful bodyguard Mai Wei, the Empress’ only daughter Princess Sa See (Julie Chen) flees to Gaul to ask for help from two valiant warriors Asterix (Guillaume Canet) and Obelix (Gilles Lellouche), who are endowed with superhuman strength thanks to their magic potion. Our two inseparable heroes gladly accept to help the Princess save her mother and free her country. And thus begins a great voyage and adventure on the road to China. But Caesar (Vincent Cassel) and his powerful army, thirsty for a new conquest, are also heading toward the Middle Kingdom...

Directed by:  Guillaume Canet

Starring:        Guillaume Canet, Gilles Lellouche, Vincent Cassel, Jonathan Cohen, Marion Cotillard,                          Zlatan Ibrahimović, Julie Chen, Leanna Chea, José Garcia

Genre:           Adventure, Comedy

Rating:          PG (Some Drug References)

Runtime:       111 minutes

Language:      English

Movie Review

I used to read the series of Asterix & Obelix during my school days and really enjoyed the adventurous journey of the duo and this movie really brings back a lot of the childhood memories.  The movie is so hilarious, that the entire movie theatre is filled with laughter from kids to adults time to time. Overall, it was an enjoyable movie for all ages.  If I really need to pick on the movie, the only flaw was probably, Asterix supposedly is the leading hero and somewhat smart, but somehow the movie seems to drift away from this. Asterix wasn't really portrayed as someone intelligent in the movie and the attention was mostly given to Obelix instead