1983 · action · fantasy
Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain
Directed by Tsui Hark1h 38m1983
5th century western China: As constant civil wars scars the nation, to evade death, Ti, a young scout, jumps through a crevice in the Zu mountains where he becomes entangled in a great battle against the Blood Demon, a supernatural entity seeking to wreak havoc upon the world.
Our read: Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983) reads as a neutral, breathless, surreal action · fantasy entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, breathless, measured action / fantasy, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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