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Clash of Empires: The Battle for Asia (2011)
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Add to a movie listThe Malay Chronicles: Bloodlines (aka Clash of Empires: The Battle for Asia in the United Kingdom) is a 2011 Malaysian epic action film loosely based on the 16th century document Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa. Released in Malaysia under the Malaysian language title Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa, the film is directed, co-written, and co-produced by Yusry Abdul Halim. Narrating the early history of the state of Kedah, it stars Stephen Rahman Hughes as Merong Mahawangsa, who escorts Prince Marcus Carprenius of the Roman Empire to Langkasuka to marry Princess Meng Li Hua from the Han Dynasty of China, thus uniting the two powers of east and west. The aim of the making of this film was also an attempt to introduce the history and culture of the ethnic Malays internationally. This film was produced and distributed by KRU Studios.
This film was shown for the first time during a royal presentation on 25 February 2011. It was played in the cinemas nationwide beginning on 10 March 2011. It was released on Blu-ray in the United Kingdom on 23 May 2011. This is the first Malaysian language feature film to be released in the Blu-ray format.
Synopsis
The story begins with a mysterious man writing about the history of an old Malay kingdom so that people would not forget the history of the early Malay heroes. In the year 120 AD, the powerful Roman Empire, under the reign of Hadrian, had expanded its rule to the Central Asian countries. During their time of expanding, the great Roman Empire agreed to create an alliance with the Han Dynasty by marrying their two prince and princess, thus uniting the two powers of East and West. However, the Roman prince, Marcus Carprenius (Gavin Stenhouse), did not agree with the decision. Instead, he wants to be free and not be controlled by politics. The Han princess, Meng Li Hua (Jing Lusi), also wants to be free instead being a pawn in a political game.Actors
Stephen Rahman-Hughes
(Merong)
Jing Lusi
(Meng Li Hua, Princess of the Han Dynasty.)
Gavin Stenhouse
(Marcus Carpenius)
Craig Robert Fong
(Liu Yun, Admiral of China.)
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