Based on the 14th century historical novel The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the film Three Kingdoms follows the life of Zhao Zilong, a well-decorated and revered Chinese general through a turbulent period of Chinese history A.D. 190–280.
Played by well-known Hong Kong actor David Lau, Zilong, a commoner, joins the insurgent army of Liu Bei, a warlord but proper heir to the throne of the previous Han emperor. Through a process of victorious battles and miraculous accomplishments, he rises to the rank of general in the army—hence the name "The Invincible General," and becomes one of the Five Tiger Generals of the Shu Kingdom.
Three enemy kingdoms battle each other, with Liu Bei and Zilong making efforts to unify China. The film chronicles the history, while changing several facts for entertainment purposes.
Zilong is painted in the heroic light he is seen in today in modern China and among the global Chinese community, which is in line with what's understood to be the historical Zilong. The cinematography also bears the signs of the epic grandeur of the tale.
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