In UK Cinemas News | Hong Kong master Tsui Hark returns with Legends Of The Condor Heroes: The Gallants, in UK cinemas from 7 Feb

Legends Of The Condor Heroes: The Gallants (2025), one of China’s Spring Festival darlings was released across UK cinemas from 7 Feb, via a global distribution deal picked up by Sony Pictures.

Official Synopsis

Based on the novel “Legends of the Condor Heroes” by Jin Yong, the most popular author of Kong Fu, the film tells the story of Guo Jing, who, after being awarded the world’s greatest martial arts, the “Nine Yin Sutra” and the “Eighteen Palms of the Descending Dragon”, becomes the target of jealousy from various sides during a time of war. The story of how he and Huang Rong save the day and protect the borders of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Our Synopsis

Hong Kong director Tsui Hark is well known by his martial arts classics (Once Upon a Time in China, Swordsman, New Dragon Gate Inn, Green Snake). Returning with a bigger budget and fancier special effects, Tsui adapts Louis Cha’s famous Wuxia novel “Legends of the Condor Heroes” into a cinematic spectacle. Guo Jing is the greatest martial artist in ancient China, but what lies ahead of him is unknown as he charges into the life of a wanderer, both above and underworld. Romance, friendship, honour all mean nothing when he realises a heavier duty awaits for him. (- Hiu Man Chan)