In order to manage to save security in the region and defeat such a corrupted and powerful Roman leader, Tiberuis, who prepares a great army, claiming the Silk Road, the thing that leads Huo Ann, who does his best to stop that danger, so he units up with king Lucius and prepare more powerful army for that purpose.
Just about everyone seems to get slashed, carved up or skewered, and vengeance rains down upon all. Except, of course, the one villain who truly deserved it. The filmmaker.
It's kind of a mess. That more than 20 minutes have been trimmed for the stateside release may have hurt the film's coherence, but viewers will be thankful for the shorter sit.
Botched promise abounds, starting with the wasted potential of John Cusack's Roman and Jackie Chan's Chinese guard uniting against Brody's evil Tiberius.