Sakra
When a warrior belongs nowhere, the enemy is everywhere.
2023 | 130m | Cantonese
Popularity: 9 (history)
| Director: | Donnie Yen, Kam Ka-Wai |
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| Writer: | Zhu Wei, Sheng Lingzhi, He Ben, Xu Yifan, Louis Cha, Chen Li, Lejing Shen |
| Staring: |
| Qiao Feng is the respected leader of a roving band of martial artists. After he is wrongfully accused of murder and subsequently exiled, Qiao Feng goes on the run in search of answers about his own mysterious origin story—and the unknown enemies working to destroy him from the shadows. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 16, 2023 |
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| Director: | Donnie Yen, Kam Ka-Wai |
| Writer: | Zhu Wei, Sheng Lingzhi, He Ben, Xu Yifan, Louis Cha, Chen Li, Lejing Shen |
| Genres: | Action |
| Keywords | martial arts, based on novel or book, costume drama |
| Production Companies | Wishart Media, Super Bullet Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $159,959
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Sep 29, 2025 Entered: Sep 29, 2025 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Donnie Yen | Qiao Feng / Xiao Feng |
| Yukee Chen | A Zhu |
| Liu Yase | A Zi |
| Kara Wai Ying-Hung | Ruan Xingzhu |
| Wu Yue | Murong Fu |
| Eddie Cheung Siu-Fai | Duan Zhengchun |
| Grace Wong | Mrs. Ma |
| Du Yuming | Bai Shijing |
| Ray Lui | Murong Bo |
| Tsui Siu-Ming | Jiu Mozhi |
| Cai Xiangyu | A Bi |
| Michelle Hu | Mrs. Xiao |
| Zhao Huawei | Duan Yu |
| Yu Kang | You Ju |
| Xu Xiangdong | Xuannan |
| Yuen Cheung-Yan | Xue Muhua |
| Kenji Tanigaki | |
| Zhu Xiang | Song Soldier A |
| Andrew Yan Hua | Bandit |
| Guo Jiulong | Cheu Jeung Lo [Koi Bong elder] |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Lau Sai-Wan | Art Direction |
| Zhu Wei | Writer |
| Sheng Lingzhi | Writer |
| Donnie Yen | Director |
| Kam Ka-Wai | Director |
| He Ben | Writer |
| Kenji Tanigaki | Action Director |
| Andrew Yan Hua | Action Director |
| Xu Yifan | Writer |
| Shashwad Babalgaon | Stunts |
| Chan Chi-Ying | Director of Photography |
| Louis Cha | Novel |
| Chen Li | Writer |
| Lejing Shen | Screenplay |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Donnie Yen | Producer |
| Zhu Weijie | Executive Producer |
| Wong Jing | Producer |
| Wu Yue | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 39 | 52 | 31 |
| 2024 | 5 | 37 | 52 | 27 |
| 2024 | 6 | 35 | 54 | 28 |
| 2024 | 7 | 41 | 71 | 29 |
| 2024 | 8 | 30 | 43 | 21 |
| 2024 | 9 | 28 | 35 | 21 |
| 2024 | 10 | 30 | 47 | 22 |
| 2024 | 11 | 45 | 116 | 28 |
| 2024 | 12 | 34 | 49 | 23 |
| 2025 | 1 | 29 | 38 | 22 |
| 2025 | 2 | 23 | 34 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 9 | 33 | 2 |
| 2025 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 3 |
| 2025 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 4 |
| 2025 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| 2025 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| 2025 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 4 |
| 2025 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 6 |
| 2025 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 696 | 809 |
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 294 | 294 |
Another mixed bag from Donnie Yen. While the martial arts and fight choreography are fun, the movie itself is boring and incoherent. It feels like a hundred episode TV drama cut into 2 hours of random clips. The amount of nonsense in this movie completely overshadows the good action scenes, which ... is disappointing.
Sakra is a mixed bag at best. Well choreographed, martial arts action sequences, are "cut and pasted" into an inarticulate, meandering, disjointed film, with a weak, plot hole ridden, back story, derived from ancient Chinese folk lore, linked to the beggars clan. Donnie Yen and a larger cast of ... Hong Kong actors, can't save this film from its conspicuous shortcomings. In summary, this is a mediocre effort at best. Its moderately watchable but the dismal back story, combined with a general lack of cohesion is more a frustrating, than enjoyable watch.
_Sakra_ is a really fun action film trapped within the confines of a convoluted melodrama which is mostly only worthwhile if you’re a hardcore fan of wuxia films or a Yen enthusiast. The martial arts legend has a strong on-screen presence and is as talented as ever when it comes to anything marti ... al arts related, but _Sakra_ drags its feet with its storytelling, meandering aimlessly between spurts of heavy action. Full review: https://boundingintocomics.com/2023/04/21/sakra-review-donnie-yen-establishes-himself-as-a-wuxia-god/