The Warlords
The film was originally titled "The Blood Brothers" (). Director Peter Chan said it was influenced by the late Chang Cheh's 1973 film "The Blood Brothers", which is itself based on a famous high profile assassination of a local governor in 1870, but denied that it is a remake. He also decided to change the title to "The Warlords" in order to avoid confusion. (Note that there is another Chinese film with the English title "Blood Brothers" released in mid-2007.)