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Kung fu star Jackie Chan's "Dragon Blade" will be shown in theaters in China the same day as the Chinese New Year on Feb. 19.
According to reports, the record-breaking film historical epic is set during the reign of old China's Han Dynasty between A.D. 206 and 220, and will be shown just the same time as the Spring Festival begins in China.
Led by writer-director Daniel Lee, the historical epic is also expected to make it big in Hollywood even though a U.S. release date is yet to be announced.
In the plot, Protection Squad of the Western Regions Commander Huo An--Chan's character and one the lead roles in the film--teams up with a rogue Roman soldier named Lucius, played by Hollywood actor John Cusack, in a quest to defeat the power-hungry Roman Emperor Tiberius.
Tiberius, the main antagonist of the film, is portrayed by award-winning actor Adrien Brody.
At the beginning of the story, Roman soldiers led by Lucius and Tiberius are shown to have infiltrated China and are at war against the Han Dynasty.
The conflict, however, surfaces when Tiberius' jealousy of Lucius' friendship with Commander Huo emerged.
Considered the most expensive Chinese-language film ever made, the $65-million-worth Jackie Chan movie had wowed film critics and movie addicts alike with its action-packed trailer released in December last year.
According to the Huffington Post, the film went viral over the Internet after it had "blown up on social media."
The report, however, noted how some history buffs might "agonize" over details such as the fact that the actual Tiberius never led an attack on China or that they did not speak even a small bit of English at the time.
