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        It is one bloody of action in the ostentatious time confined to the period of Tang Dynasty. Like the proverbial saying that beneath a beautiful exterior lies a dark and appalling truth, deep and hidden secrets within the Palace give an exterior look to the proceedings.

        You cannot put it as drab but contrived for the best part, one is able to visualise the frames.

        The opulent fare with Emperor (Chow Yun Fat) and Empress (Gong Li) at the helm is good enough to break the language barrier focused in its visual intensity to give the absorbing look.

        Director Zhang Yimou, credited with the Golden Bear Award for his maiden directorial flick Red Sorghum at the Berlin Film Festival, treads on a familiar area of conduit where relationship and conflicts get equal footage.

        The nasty side of the family secrets going for a toss in a crisis scenario is the defining moment.

        Back and forth, the past and present scenario of the imperial household where thousands of golden armoured warriors charge the Palace is one of the few magical potions. Historically accurate, the movie reflects the hedonism and lavish ways of the other generation of the Tang era.