Friday, August 22, 2014, 7:00 PM
Museum of the Moving Image
36-01 35th Ave, New York, NY 11106
Dir. Ronnie Yu. 2013, 102 mins. Digital projection. With Adam Cheng, Ekin Cheng. The mythology of the Yang family—ferocious warriors who protected northern China from Khitan invaders in the Song Dynasty—have inspired an abundance of high-soaring action epics (Eight Diagram Pole-Fighter, Hero). Taking a chapter from this saga, Saving General Yang spins a tale of chivalry into a kinetic fantasy of flight and fury, with action sequences as intricately constructed as they are expansive. When the Khitans decide to take revenge on the Yangs for past carnage, they capture father General Yang Ye, forcing his wife and seven sons to defend themselves against armies of thousands in treacherous Wolf Mountain.
Tickets for Friday evening screenings: $12 ($9 for senior citizens and students / free for Museum members) and includes admission to the Museum’s galleries, which are open until 8:00 p.m.
For more information about the event, please visit:
http://www.movingimage.us