Revolutionary drama receives mixed reviews

Over the past three decades, Hong Kong singer-actor Aaron Kwok has starred in more than 50 movies and has picked up more than 100 music awards.

The impressive list of characters he has portrayed on the big screen range from an upright police commissioner in the Cold War franchises to a struggling farmer living with HIV in Life Is a Miracle.

But for the superstar, who has risen to become one of the most recognized faces in Asia since his career began in the mid-1980s, portraying a revolutionary martyr in a Chinese mainland movie has been an unprecedented experience.