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Couldn't believe the world it was set in. Just me?

posted 10 years ago by peter_t_2k3
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It's a while since I've watched this but after reading there's a prequel I thought I'd come on here. I watched the film a while back as I really liked the directors once upon a time in china series with Jet Li but this film didn't work for me.

The real problem I had was the world it was set in and the fact we were thrown into it without any ideas, explanations etc. I have no problem with SC-FI, supernatural etc. but stuff seemed to happen very randomly without explanation e.g. talking animal, someone changing their face etc.

Maybe it's just me and I should have watched the film open minded. Did anyone else have this issue?

[–] Bavarian 10 years ago

No. It was between fine and acceptable.
A nice and interesting history-KungFu-action-detective-crime-politics-thriller-fantasy movie.

This sucked: The end reminded me of the communist party of China: Strong Empress/Imperatrice good for China, strong central committee of Communist Party good for China.

Detective becomes loyal to the leaders.
Rebels bad, rebels and regime critics must be destroyed.

[–] serendipity-13 10 years ago

the film explained that the talking animal was actually a ventriloquist's trick and the shape-shifting was due to delicate manipulation of accupressure points. perhaps watch the film again with the relaxed approach that 'it's just a film'