2014 · action · fantasy · drama
The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom
Directed by Jacob Cheung Chi-Leung1h 44m2014
In the twilight of the Ming Dynasty, the Imperial court is plagued by corruption as tyrants rule the land. With the Manchurians preying on a weakened empire, war is imminent. To save the victims from suffering, sorceress Jade Raksha fights the soldiers that oppress people for their own gain. As payback, local officials pin the murder of Governor Zhuo Zhonglian on Jade, turning her and the members of her cult into wanted fugitives for a crime they didn't commit.
Our read: The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom (2014) reads as a sombre, breathless, inventive action · fantasy · drama entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, measured action / fantasy, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured.
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- intense
- inventive
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