The Thousand Faces of Dunjia (奇门遁甲) is a Chinese movie that was released on 15th December 2017.
About
A group of warriors protect the world from a monster invasion, via Internet Movie Database
Cast
Yuen Woo Ping (袁和平) directed the movie. He is a veteran martial arts director whose resume includes Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Ni Ni (倪妮) as Metal Dragonfly
We saw this popular award-winning actress in 1921 and The Rise of Phoenixes.
Da Peng (董成鹏 as Zhuge Qingyun
He seems very familiar but as far as I can tell we’ve only seen him in a brief appearance in Detective Chinatown 1.
Review
This is mainly a martial arts action movie so don’t have high expectations about a sophisticated script. The Internet Movie Database description, above, is probably all one can say about it, for me. It was rated fairly badly on IMDB and some other websites.
The CGI was great and seemed pretty advanced, must have spent some time putting it together. The fish was the best, I gave it an extra mark because of that special effect. I also liked the way the text was embedded into the movie, quite a unique concept, I’d like to be able to replicate that somehow.
The film was saved from worse reviews with the humour, and actors Ni Ni and Da Peng who were a definite draw.
There is a sequel, Fantasy Magician, which receives the same reviews as the first one, although we haven’t found it anywhere to watch it. It doesn’t star Ni Ni or Da Peng, it wasn’t directed by Yuen Woo Ping.
Summary
I would give it a 4/5, I appreciate the hard work they put into this product.
Trailer
More Information
The movie can be found on Viki. I understand it might be on Netflix but certainly not here in Canada.