Seediq Bale 2011

G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle: You can see why Woo, the noted Hong Kong action director, would want to produce it: It fits right in with his "heroic bloodshed" cinematic legacy. Read more

Stephen Holden, New York Times: As the war drags on, "Warriors of the Rainbow" outstays its welcome. I've never seen more severed heads in a film and cared less. Read more

Noel Murray, AV Club: At two and a half hours, Warriors Of The Rainbow has the shape of something weightier than the simplified good-vs.-evil movie it actually is. Read more

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: At 2 1/2 hours, "Warriors" is a bruising, relentless experience, one more tiring than inspiring. Read more

Adam Nayman, Globe and Mail: At times, Warriors sacrifices dramatic nuance for scale, but even its most rousing passages are tempered by a sense of loss. Read more

Bruce Demara, Toronto Star: An ambitious, blood-soaked retelling of an uprising by Taiwanese natives against Japanese occupiers. Read more

Nick Schager, Village Voice: The film's alternating talky torpor and frantic mayhem makes Warriors feel like it's operating in either fast-forward or slow motion... Read more