- Action, Fantasy, War
- 145 min
- NR
IMDb6.2
Taishi Wen Zhong led the army of Shang Dynasty including Deng Chanyu and four generals of the Mo Family to Xiqi. With the help of Kunlun immortals such as Jiang Ziya, Ji Fa led the army and civilians of Xiqi to defend their homeland.
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Feb 20257/10
With the all-conquering "Shang" dynasty looking as if it's about to die out, their ailing King commands his young general "Deng" (Nashi) to attack the fortified city of Xiqi and retrieve something that might just prevent their extinction. Meantime, the folks in that city are ruled by a young man "Ji Fa" (Yosh Yu) who is enthusiastic and honourable, but not exactly a tactician. Despite his best efforts, the encroaching army arrives at the walls of his city aided by four powerful giants, all equipped with magical talisman. It's during this battle that the lines are truly drawn with a few immortals coming to the aid of the city and with both "Ji" and "Deng" finding themselves facing a new scenario for which neither are prepared, and which tests their mettle and their loyalties as an angry denouement looms. This is my kind of film: mixing mystery and mythology with superb special effects and a solid story that, though maybe a little predictable towards the end, has all the ingredients of a stylish and engaging acton-adventure. There's imagination a-plenty gone into the production and the characterisations offer us a little more than just the usual linearly flat persona. The green flyin
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Cast
- Huang BoJiang Ziya
- Yu ShiJi Fa
- NashiDeng Chanyu
- Chen MuchiYin Jiao
- Kris PhillipsKing Zhou
- Narana ErdyneevaSu Daji
- Wu Hsing-GuoWen Zhong
- Han PengyiLei Zhenzi
- Ci ShaYang Jian
- Wu YafanNezha
Crew
- WuershanDirector
- Ran PingWriter
- Ran JiananWriter
- WuershanWriter
- Xu ZhonglinNovel
- Xixing LuNovel
- Wang YuDirector of Photography
- Gordy HaabOriginal Music Composer
- Tian MiOriginal Music Composer
- Huang ShuoEditor
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