The Thousand Faces of Dunjia
The Thousand Faces of Dunjia 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 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
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."