The Thousand Faces of Dunjia () is a 2017 fantasy-wuxia film directed by Yuen Woo-ping; scripted and produced by Tsui Hark. The film is a Hong Kong-Chinese co-production and 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 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 CategoryNomineeResultsRef. 12th Asian Film Awards Best Action Film The Thousand Faces of Dunjia Best Costume Design Best Visual Effects 37th Hong Kong Film Awards Best Action Choreography Yuen Cheung-yan, Yuen Shun-yi Best Visual Effects Jang Seong-ho, Park Young-soo, Son Oh-young
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
External links