The PromiseSynopsis and Overview

Gifts + Promos

The Vow Free Gift

Buy tickets & receive a FREE 3-Month Love Forecast from Astrology.com!

Fandango Bucks

Send your sweetheart the gift of movies this Valentine’s Day!

Journey Sweeps

Enter for a chance to win a trip for 2 to Nicaragua!

Interactive Oscar Ballot

Who's taking home the Oscar? Cast your vote & challenge your friends on Facebook!

Showtimes + Tickets
  • The Promise
  • Opened May 5, 2006 | Runtime:1 hr. 42 min.
  • PG-13
    stylized violence and martial arts action, and some sexual content
  • In ancient China a fleet-footed slave named Kunlun (Jang Dong-Kun) becomes personal servant to great Gen. Guangming (Hiroyuki Sanada). Posing as his master on a mission to save their king from evil invader Wuhuan, Kunlun meets Qingcheng (Cecilia Read More
  • Cast: Hiroyuki Sanada, Jang Dong-gun, Cecilia Cheung, Nicholas Tse, Liu Ye
  • Director: Chen Kaige
  • Genres: Action/Adventure, Art House/Foreign, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy

The Promise Recent Fan Reviews

  • Oh No!

    horrible movie

    by kobe_24

    this is a horrible movie, pointless and boring

The Promise Critic Reviews

So-so Avg. Critic Score out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 90
    Los Angeles Times | Kevin Thomas

    Chen's masterful, deeply perceptive direction of his superb cast is equaled by...

  • 60
    The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk Honeycutt

    While it aspires to draw the same audiences who admired "Crouching Tiger,...

  • 60
    The New York Times | Dana Stevens

    The Promise occupies a curious landscape somewhere between opera and cartoon.

  • 60
    Variety | Robert Koehler

    A mixed bag of near-risible storylines, second-rate CG effects, some fabulous...

The Promise Movie Ratings + Reviews

Fans say

So-so 55 fan reviews

Critics say

So-so See all critic reviews

Facebook Movie Fans