Set during China’s Three Kingdom’s era (AD 220-280). The story of a great king and his people, who will be expelled from their homeland and will aspire to claim it. The king, violent and ambitious, of mysterious methods and motives; his general, a visionary who yearns to win the final battle but needs to prepare his plans in secret; the women of the palace, who struggle to find redemption in a world where they have no place; and a commoner called “Lord of all the world”, will be the characters around who turn the inexorable forces of this story.

2.93GB | 1h 55mn | 1024×428 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/243244ECFAD1911/Shadow.mkv
https://nitro.download/view/E793C63AA90B5E3/Shadow_Trailers.rar

Language:Mandarin
Subtitles:English,Chinese

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Plot summary: (from anutshellreview.blogspot.com)
Feng Xiaogang’s Assembly was the opening film at last year’s Pusan International Film Festival, and tickets were sold out in record time once they were made available online. Such is the faith (or curiosity) of the new film from the director who brought us movies like World Without Thieves, and martial arts Hamlet The Banquet. When you think of Chinese directors making a movie based out of Chinese history, you can’t help but imagine the massive amount of propaganda that get so blatantly infused into the story and especially the dialogue. But here, Feng managed to bring about a movie which goes beyond the usual ra-ra, and shows us that a movie with universal themes can also come out from what is essentially a war movie based upon China’s tumultuous era after WWII.

Assembly refers to the call of the bugle to retreat and regroup, and this is the call that Captain Gu Zidi (Zhang Hanyu) and his 47 men of the 9th Company, 3rd Batallion, 139th Regiment, are keenly listening out for, as they go about their mission in ill-equipped fashion, holding fort on a strategic plain. Sent to the frontlines for war-crimes, Captain Gu and his men, while being the best at trench warfare, find themselves severely lacking in essentials – manpower, ammunition and heavy weaponry, as they go up against the marauding forces of the Nationalist army, with their relatively superior armour. However, their mantra is old school – only the bugle will signal their fall behind, and everything else means fulfilling their mission objectives at all costs.

Ultimately, Assembly is an ambitious film. It combines drama and action, and in both aspects, doesn’t hold back in bringing about the best it probably could. Kudos go to actor Zhang Hanyu who plays Captain Gu, in what can be essentially a one man show, putting focus of his place in history and his solo fight against the system. And after watching this, you’ll probably won’t hesitate to watch another war movie coming out of China, if they meet the benchmark set by Feng Xiaogang. Recommended!

Ji.jie.hao.AKA.Assembly.2007.576p.BluRay.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

General
Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	2 h 3 min
Size: 	3.28 GiB
Video
Codec: 	x264
Resolution: 	1024x450 
Aspect ratio:  	2.25:1
Frame rate: 	24.000 fps
Bit rate: 	3 343 kb/s
BPP: 	0.302
Audio
#1:  	Chinese 5.1ch AC-3 @ 448 kb/s

https://nitro.download/view/7D439B37BDBDFD4/Ji.jie.hao.AKA.Assembly.2007.576p.BluRay.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

Language(s):Mandarin
Subtitles:English

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Plot:
Xuan’s estate project involving reclamation of the sea threatens the livelihood of the mermaids who rely on the sea to survive. Shan is dispatched to stop Xuan and this leads them into falling for each other. Out of his love for Shan, Xuan plans to stop the reclamation. Unfortunately, Shan and the other mermaids are hunted by a hidden organisation and Xuan has to save Shan before it’s too late…

https://nitro.download/view/09541BD7A6444D8/The_Mermaid_VOSTFR_2016.mkv

Language(s):English,Chinese
Subtitles:French

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