SYNOPSIS

Wu xia is set in the late Qing Dynasty, Liu (Donnie Yen) is a papermaker, leading a simple life with his wife Ayu (Tang Wei) and their two sons. Into their remote village comes Detective Xu (Takeshi Kaneshiro), who is investigating the deaths of two bandits during a robbery. Xu quickly realizes that the incident in question was no ordinary botched robbery – and his dogged inquiry threatens to dredge up the dark secrets of Liu’s buried past, threatening not only Liu and his family, but the entire village.

PREVIEW NOTES

• The Weinstein Company (TWC) announced that it has acquired from WE Distribution the distribution rights for the world, outside of Asia and French speaking Europe. - 2012-05-14