
At the beginning of the 20th century, China is in a state of crisis. The country is split into warring factions, the citizens are starving, and recent political reforms have made matters worse, not better. The ruling Qing Dynasty, led by a seven-year-old emperor, and his ruthless mother, Empress Dowager Longyu is completely out of touch after 250 years of unquestioned power. Huang Xing has recently returned from Japan, where he has studied the art of modern warfare. When he f... (Full plot summary below)
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At the beginning of the 20th century, China is in a state of crisis. The country is split into warring factions, the citizens are starving, and recent political reforms have made matters worse, not better. The ruling Qing Dynasty, led by a seven-year-old emperor, and his ruthless mother, Empress Dowager Longyu is completely out of touch after 250 years of unquestioned power. Huang Xing has recently returned from Japan, where he has studied the art of modern warfare. When he finds his country falling apart, he feels he has no choice but to pick up the sword.
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| Mania.comRob VauxA haphazard grab-bag of context-free fight scenes, cardboard characters and constant title cards explaining key details that the film itself can't reveal in any other way. |
| Honolulu Star-AdvertiserBurl BurlingameStudents of revolutionary Chinese history can have fun checking them off. Look, there's Li Yuanhong! And over there, Feng Guozhang! |
| Los Angeles TimesMark OlsenThroughout 1911 the sense of dutiful intentions blocks any building momentum. When an English-speaking character appears to declare that history is being made, it only underlines the obvious. |
| ComingSoon.netEdward DouglasYou're likely to come away from it not knowing that much more about the 1911 Chinese Revolution and caring even less. |
| Toronto StarGreg Quill1911 serves too many masters for its own good. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Stephen ColeIf 1911 doesn't impress as historical spectacle, neither does it rank high as a Jackie Chan film. |
| New York TimesRachel SaltzWhat should be rousing stuff - a republic is born! the chains of feudalism thrown off! - remains a kind of lavishly illustrated history lesson. Even the irrepressible Mr. Chan (this is his 100th film) seems subdued. |
| San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonChan, though, is very good in an all-dramatic role as a rebel general. There's lots of battle scenes, well-filmed, but only one martial arts scene. It seems out of place, but is most welcome nonetheless. |
| New York PostSara StewartSweeping, if exhausting, historical epic set at the turn of the 20th century. |
| The Hollywood ReporterMaggie LeeAdhering to what is apparently a formula for national superproductions, 1911 throws dates and names on the screen with unceasing speed and frequent irrelevance -- gratuitously identifying a walk-on as "German diplomat." |