{"id":11167,"date":"2011-03-07T16:14:26","date_gmt":"2011-03-07T06:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=11167"},"modified":"2011-03-07T16:14:44","modified_gmt":"2011-03-07T06:14:44","slug":"china-lion-film-distribution-presents-the-butcher-the-chef-and-the-swordsman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=11167","title":{"rendered":"China Lion Film Distribution presents THE BUTCHER THE CHEF AND THE SWORDSMAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>China Lion Film Distribution presents\u00a0THE BUTCHER THE CHEF AND THE SWORDSMAN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An exhilarating and highly stylized martial arts action-comedy rooted in Chinese legend and based on the short story \u201cLegend of the Kitchen Knife,\u201d originally published in the Chinese monthly\u00a0Stories Magazine.<\/p>\n<p>THE BUTCHER, THE CHEF AND THE SWORDSMAN follows the journey of a mystical blade as it passes through the hands of three ambitious men. As the interwoven story unfolds, they find that the blade possesses the power to dramatically change the fate of each of its owners.\u00a0The Butcher is a simple man in love with a beautiful courtesan, but is rebuffed each time he approaches her.\u00a0 The Chef is a handsome loner obsessed with seeking vengeance for the slaughter of his family. The Swordsman, the son of a legendary warrior, is consumed by the desire to eclipse his father in both power and fame.\u00a0Their stories comes full circle as each man takes possession of the mystical blade and discovers its double edge&#8212; the great power it bestows is matched by even greater danger.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by up-and-coming Chinese filmmaker Wuershan, the film is Executive Produced by acclaimed director and producer Doug Liman (Bourne Identity, Mr &amp; Mrs Smith, Go) who calls the film\u00a0<em>CROUCHING TIGER meets PULP FICTION!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>IN CINEMAS MARCH 17<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinalionentertainment.com\/\">www.chinalionentertainment.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IloveChinesefilms\">www.facebook.com\/IloveChinesefilms<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China Lion Film Distribution presents\u00a0THE BUTCHER THE CHEF AND THE SWORDSMAN An exhilarating and highly stylized martial arts action-comedy rooted in Chinese legend and based on the short story \u201cLegend of the Kitchen Knife,\u201d originally published in the Chinese monthly\u00a0Stories Magazine. THE BUTCHER, THE CHEF AND THE SWORDSMAN follows the journey of a mystical blade<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=11167\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11167"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11169,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11167\/revisions\/11169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}