The opening scene of the movie is an inner monologue with blurred eyes by Jacob: "Sovereign Lord, please be with me. I will never forget the sacred oath, to kill demons and demons in this miserable world, with justice Arm my body. Please give me a sword to help me discover the enemy until I become a real knight." From the timeline of the story, this passage is probably what he thought when he had a nervous breakdown after the Battle of Baghdad. This passage tells the young and brave general—I—the male protagonist Jacob is brave and good at fighting. In his eyes, the Crusade is the will of God, which is the spiritual support of his actions. After recalling the Battle of Baghdad, the Queen of Baghdad was forced to kill her own children in order not to be slaughtered, and then committed suicide. This was the cause of his mental breakdown. He is a loyal knight, and he did it. According to the will of God, he killed people for this, and went crazy to the situation of slaughtering the city, even women and children. The death of the Queen of Baghdad and his children broke his spiritual defense. He began to doubt his faith and fell into an inner struggle. So I banished myself to the east and numbed myself by smoking opium.
In my opinion, Prince Star, the father-killer usurper, played by An Zhijie, is Jacob’s clone, the evil self in the East. They are so similar, they do a lot of evil to achieve their goals. Jacob killed countless people for the sake of the gods. For the sake of power, Prince Star not only killed the father and king with his own hands, but also threatened the general to obey him with words that would ravage the general's children. All this is not enough. In order to be a righteous emperor and get the jade seal, he keeps chasing and killing his younger siblings.
Jacob, who was living in the east, encountered the escaped prince Showa Ren in the tavern and was hunted down. The kind thoughts in his heart were aroused, and he started the practice of turning back his prodigal son. During this journey, he suffered from mental torment and torture, and his previous atrocities became a nightmare he couldn't get rid of. He protects the prince and princess, and the guilt in his heart cannot disappear. Because he was determined to protect Wang Zi Zhao, he eventually became Wang Zi Xing's enemy. It can be said that the final climax of the decisive battle is the contest between Jacob's heart demon, a duel between the good self and the evil self in the past, a farewell. This is a hurdle that he must overcome to get rid of the guilt of the spirit of the past and become a man again. The price for this was too high, and Jialan, a friend and mentor of Jacob, was implicated in protecting the prince. In order to protect them, he paid the price of his life. This brought him a new sense of guilt, a heavier sense of guilt, and it also inspired him to cultivate his moral character and be determined to uphold justice.
The adventure in the East, in a nutshell, has become the best opportunity for Jacob to self-cultivation. The East plays the role of a land of salvation. In the history of co-productions in China, this is one of the rare films in which the Chinese story part occupies such a large proportion, and the cultural significance of the rising east is rare. The line of love between Jacob and Princess Lian in the movie is even more a signal that China and the West are willing to tie up the Qin and Jin Dynasties.
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