When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

I usually never write reviews but this time I felt it was my obligation to warn people who want to watch it to learn about the revolution.I had to study for an exam on Chinese history and to take a break I decided to watch this movie to help me link the chronology of events together, and it was a bad idea... It actually confused me more.I found the movie OK (nothing mind-blowing but not a waste of my time either, the battle scenes were very well shot and the dialogue engaging) but it seemed like all the events I had learned about were scattered among the movie. For example by watching this movie one would think that empress Cixi (played magnificently by Joan Chen) was alive during the time of the revolution, while she actually died in 1908.Then again I wasn't able to translate entirely the big texts in Chinese that linked one scene to the other so maybe I missed out on something there I don't know.I don't think the movie is biased, in my opinion it's actually one of the few history movies that (even if confusingly) depicts the events for what they were. Shikai was incredibly corrupt (in the future would even declare himself the new emperor); Cixi kinda cared for the destiny of China; the Western world DID see China as a cake to split, saying otherwise would be ignoring the history of the time; and not in any particular order but that's how Yatsen led the revolution...simple as that.

Every 5 minutes or so, you will get a subtitle pop up (and I'm not talking about the subtitles you have going if you're not fluent in Chinese btw.). And it will either be about some historical occurrence or another character that is being introduced. You have to ask yourself if this fact might annoy you a bit (or a lot). One thing is for sure, the story itself is intriguing.The action scenes are also shot very nicely, the acting is pretty solid and you get a bit of what went down back then in China (more or less that is). It's strange though, because while the situation itself is gripping, the movie itself never really builds that much tension, that it completely grabs you. Didn't work for me at least. Shame because there is quite a lot of potential here ...

*****SPOILER ALERT!***** This movie is pre-spoiled. Oh, and the revolution succeeds. I gave it 2 stars because Jackie Chan did get one fighting scene in. That was worth one star. The other star is for... well, I'm not entirely sure what it's for. Effort maybe. Comically bad effects certainly.I guess this is Communist China's version on Patton. So instead of being epic and exciting it's epic and long windedly boring. Not that it's not entirely worth seeing. There are a few moments, but you have to add your own jokes, like an MST3K flick.Like the sound effects. They have the same cocking sound for every bolt action rifle, which wouldn't be too bad, except it sounds like a lever or pump action instead. That along with the sound of empty casings being dropped for fully loaded bullets, as well as spent casings, and a ricochet, that seems to be lifted directly from the Rainbow Six video game, used from everything from ricochets to cannons going off completely take you out of the film worse than every grenade in a Chuck Norris movie exploding with a big gas fireball.There are other things, like the "Go Pee" scene. Jackie Chan is leading one, of many, battles in the film and a Vicker's or Maxim type machine gun overheats and seizes up. He tells the soldier to pee on it. Not that this didn't happen, but he pees on the jacket of the water cooled gun, not in it. Not sure that would have worked for long and it would have been tough to keep a line of soldiers constantly urinating on it in the middle of a battle. And speaking of jackets, poor Jackie Chan has to lead a couple of battles without a uniform. And it seems like as soon as he gets one he gives it away to his politician friend before he even sets foot off the boat.That's another thing. Every ship in the film looks like a CG shot from Titanic. It's almost like this movie was made with a kit. Every sound and visual effect has a sameness to is. It's almost comical. Did I say almost? It IS comical. Almost as funny as the leader of the communist revolution begging the heads of the "Imperialist Bank" for money to help end Capitalism. Yep, that happens.So, if you want to see Jackie Chan direct and star in a War Epic sprinkled liberally with comically bad effects, that lots of speeches, and the most propaganda shots since the Battleship Potemkin, this is the movie for you. Otherwise it's a little like the Chinese film industry's attempt to make the Last Emperor from the other side. So despite lots of battle scenes, rather than being exciting, its a bit tedious. So while I feel I understand their attempt to escape oppression better, they seem to have only succeeded in trying to legitimize the new repression, and in making a epically long winded film that would rival and political speech.And speaking of speech. Jackie Chan has a very uncharacteristically gruff voice when speaking Chinese. Though it fits fine with the tough military officer character he plays in the movie, it makes it all the more surprising and funny when he speaks English and it's the same Jackie Chan from the V-8 commercials on TV.Goes good with The Last Emperor, 55 Days in Peking, The Sand Pebbles and or Reds.

1911This is Jackie Chan's 100th movie and the anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution. For those history buffs and fans of warfare you may like this movie.A Revolutionary Group wants to overthrow the Qing Monarchy and make big changes to China.The Pluses: The action scenes, the scenery of china, many notable scenes such as Sun Yet Sen's meeting with the Four Nation Bank and his arrival to China. The story moves on fast. The scenes with the Empress.The Minuses: Despite the poster boasting Jackie Chan's name, his screen presence is minimal, the scene with the kid in the palace is slow.Overall, 1911 is a great Movie. Watch it and you will know the meaning of the word "Revolution."