#I mojin the lost legend movie#

WuershanвЂ™s visual panache renders the whole film a pure spectacle, especially with the underground mausoleum, where the bulk of the story takes place.

#I mojin the lost legend movie#

The movie is lavish, packed with eye-dazzling action and fantastic plots, making it feel right at home among the Lara Croft: Tomb Raider films. Cultural particulars are turned into plot gimmicks as Chinese emperorsвЂ™ mausoleums become the playground for the modern action heroes, who use Bagua (е…«еЌ¦), or the eight trigrams, to solve mysteries and hunt treasures. Knowledge of the Cultural Revolution is not required to enjoy Mojin, as the movie is made to engage a global audience. Tired of hawking вЂњChinese treasuresвЂќ in the cityвЂ™s backstreet, Wang returns to his old trade by taking on a mission for a mysterious, wealthy businesswoman (Liu Xiaoqing, еЉ‰ж›‰ж…¶), who wants an ancient meteorite called the Equinox Flower, which has the power to resurrect the dead and is believed to be buried in an ancient tomb of a Khitan princess in Inner Mongolia. The story cuts to New York City in the late 1980s, where Wang and his two partners, Hu (Chen Kun, й™іеќ¤) and Shirley (Shu Qi, и€’ж·‡), now live, having retired from tomb raiding. Through off-screen narration by Wang (Huang Bo, й»ѓжё¤), we learn that they are Mojin Xiaowei (ж‘ёй‡‘ж Ўе°‰), an ancient school of tomb raiders once commanded by Chinese emperors. The film opens with three adventurers entering a subterranean mausoleum. Based on Chinese writer Zhang MuyeвЂs (ејµз‰§й‡Ћ) immensely popular adventure series, Ghost Blows Out the Light (й¬јеђ№з‡€), this is a precisely-crafted work of entertainment featuring a star-studded cast and stunning CGI effects, showing that China is catching up with Hollywood in manufacturing blockbuster entertainment.

The latest production by Chinese director Wuershan (зѓЏз€ѕе–„) is an adventure-fantasy movie designed to thrill and entertain, depicting a bunch of action heroes braving zombie armies in search for a stone with magic power.

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