I covered the first trailer for Confucius starring Chow Yun Fat back in early September, and now we have yet another glimpse at the historical epic. This HD trailer gives us a much better look at the scope of the film, as well as the many large-scale battles. Confucius was directed by Mei Hu, with a budget around $20 million.

This Chinese historical epic follows the recent trend of massive battle scenes rather than intently choreographed wuxia martial arts scenes. Personally, I’d like to see the return of CTHD style combat scenes, there has been an overpopulation of Jet Li-starring large scale battles lately and they have begun to mesh together.

We get a sampling of the film’s semi-supernatural scenes and lots of interesting visuals in this film, and it’s something I’m looking forward to seeing on the big screen.

Devindra Hardawar writes:

“Don’t expect any surprises from this film. Being a government project about one of the most revered philosophical figures in China, I don’t expect that Mei Hu will be able to take many risks with the material. (For another example of Chinese governmental influence on film, consider the ending of Hero). It’ll still probably be worth watching for the Chow factor alone.”

Confucius will be released in Chinese theaters on January 28, 2010. Check the HD trailer after the jump!

[Via /Film]

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