1911
Director: Jackie Chan, Zhang Li
Genre: Adventure, Action, History, War film, Drama
Year: 2011
Language: Standard Mandarin
Starring: Jaycee Chan, Li Bingbing, Winston Chao, Jackie Chan, Joan Chen, Hu Ge, Sun Chun, Gang Xie, Wenli Jiang
1911, also known as Xinhai Revolution and The 1911 Revolution, is a 2011 Chinese historical drama film. The film is a tribute to the 100th anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution. It is also Jackie Chan's 100th film in his career. Besides starring in it, Chan is also the executive producer and co-director of the film. Co-stars include Chan's son Jaycee Chan, Li Bingbing, Winston Chao, Joan Chen and Hu Ge. This film was selected to open the 24th Tokyo International Film Festival.
Production started on 29 September 2010 in Fuxin, Liaoning, where a camera rolling ceremony was held. After half a year of intense production, it wrapped on 20 March 2011 in Sanya, Hainan.
The film was released on 23 September 2011 in China and on 29 September 2011 in Hong Kong. It opened the 24th Tokyo International Film Festival on 22 October 2011. It was released in its original version to theaters across the United States and Canada on 7 October 2011.
1911 received generally negative reviews; it currently holds a 9% "rotten" rating on Rotten Tomatoes. On Metacritic, which uses an average of critics' reviews, holds 37/100, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.
The Economist noted that while the film
(This is information generated from a Wikipedia article, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.)
Internet Movie Database