The banquet - Ye yan (2006)

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A spectacular, dazzling and bloody re-imagining of Shakespeare`s legendary Hamlet, The Banquet is an epic tale of revenge, violence and betrayal. Locked in a loveless marriage Empress Wan is desperate to keep her forbidden love for Prince Wu Luan from a family divided by cruelty and oppression. When the Emperor suddenly dies, his conniving younger brother Li takes up the throne forcing Wan to marry him. Convinced that this is the only way to protect all she loves from being destroyed by this new power hungry tyrant, Wan agrees - but it isn`t long before betrayal, revenge and tragedy strike.

A spectacular, dazzling and bloody re-imagining of Shakespeare`s legendary Hamlet, The Banquet is an epic tale of revenge, violence and betrayal. Locked in a loveless marriage Empress Wan (Zhang Ziyi) is desperate to keep her forbidden love of Prince Wu Luan (Daniel Wu) from a family divided by cruelty and oppression. When the Emperor suddenly dies, his conniving younger brother Li takes up the throne forcing Wan to marry him. Convinced that this is the only way to protect all she loves from being destroyed by this new power hungry tyrant, Wan agrees. But Wu Luan refuses to see his love snatched away through such evil, greed and deception. After repeated attempts on his life amid furious confrontations with the new Emperor`s imperial assassins, Wu Luan resolves to return to the palace and take revenge for himself, his beloved and a nation in the grip of murderous madman.