2017 Chinese film
| The Thousand Faces of Dunjia | |
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| Chinese | 奇門遁甲 |
| Directed by | Yuen Woo-ping |
| Screenplay by | Tsui Hark |
| Produced by | Nansun Shi Wei Junzi Huang Yonghui |
| Starring | Da Peng Ni Ni Aarif Rahman Zhou Dongyu Wu Bai Liu Yan |
| Production companies | Le Vision Pictures Acme Image Beijing Jinhui Yinghua Entertainment Star Century Picture |
| Distributed by | Aeon Pix Studios ( Russia ) |
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| Country | China |
| Language | Mandarin |
The Thousand Faces of Dunjia (Chinese: 奇門遁甲) is a 2017 Chinese fantasy-wuxia film directed by Yuen Woo-ping; scripted and produced by Tsui Hark. The film stars Da Peng, Aarif Lee, Ni Ni, Wu Bai, and Zhou Dongyu.
Plot
The film follows a group of swordsmen's adventures to secretly protect humankind by hunting some mysterious creatures from the outer space.
Cast
- Da Peng as Zhuge Qingyun
- Ni Ni as Metal Dragonfly
- Aarif Rahman as Dao Yichang
- Zhou Dongyu as Xiao Yuan
- Wu Bai as Boss
- Liu Yan
- Tiger Xu
- Yang Yiwei
- Mo Tse
- Sun Mingming
- Zhang Yiqian
Awards and nominations
| Awards | Category | Nominee | Results | Ref. |
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| 12th Asian Film Awards | Best Action Film | The Thousand Faces of Dunjia | Nominated | |
| Best Costume Design | Nominated | |||
| Best Visual Effects | Nominated | |||
| 37th Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Action Choreography | Yuen Cheung-yan, Yuen Shun-yi | Nominated | |
| Best Visual Effects | Jang Seong-ho, Park Young-soo, Son Oh-young | Nominated |
Reception
The film has received poor reviews. It has a 33% score on Rotten Tomatoes.
Variety called it "bloated with visual effects" and said "lacks the intellectual grounding or cinematic oomph that made better works like The Taking of Tiger Mountain more than mere spectacles." RogerEbert.com gave the film two stars calling it "unnecessarily busy." The Hollywood Reporter described it as "A peppy but generic fantasy with action too reliant on CG."
References
- ^ Lee, Maggie (17 December 2017). "Film Review: 'The Thousand Faces of Dunjia'". Variety. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ Abrams, Simon (15 December 2017). "The Thousand Faces of Dunjia". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- "Asian Film Awards 2018 nominations". South China Morning Post. 11 January 2018. Archived from the original on 14 April 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
- "Asian Film Awards: 'Youth' Wins Top Prize From 'Demon Cat'". Variety. 17 March 2018. Archived from the original on 17 March 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- "Hong Kong Film Awards nominations 2018: Ann Hui's Our Time Will Come leads race with 11 nods". South China Morning Post. 6 February 2018. Archived from the original on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- "The Thousand Faces of Dunjia". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- "'The Thousand Faces of Dunjia': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
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