The Thousand Faces of Dunjia

The Thousand Faces of Dunjia
Film poster
Chinese奇門遁甲
Directed byYuen Woo-ping
Screenplay byTsui Hark
Produced byNansun Shi
Wei Junzi
Huang Yonghui
StarringDa Peng
Ni Ni
Aarif Rahman
Zhou Dongyu
Wu Bai
Liu Yan
Production
companies
Le Vision Pictures
Acme Image
Beijing Jinhui Yinghua Entertainment
Star Century Picture
Distributed byAeon Pix Studios
Release date
  • 15 December 2017 (2017-12-15)
CountriesHong Kong[1][2][3]
China[1][2][3]
LanguageMandarin

The Thousand Faces of Dunjia (Chinese: 奇門遁甲) is a 2017 fantasy-wuxia film directed by Yuen Woo-ping; scripted and produced by Tsui Hark.[1] The film is a Hong Kong-Chinese co-production and stars Da Peng, Aarif Lee, Ni Ni, Wu Bai, and Zhou Dongyu.[4]

Plot

The film follows a group of swordsmen's adventures to secretly protect humankind by hunting mysterious creatures from the outer space.

Cast

Awards and nominations

Awards Category Nominee Results Ref.
12th Asian Film AwardsBest Action FilmThe Thousand Faces of DunjiaNominated[5][6]
Best Costume DesignNominated
Best Visual EffectsNominated
37th Hong Kong Film AwardsBest Action ChoreographyYuen Cheung-yan, Yuen Shun-yiNominated[7]
Best Visual EffectsJang Seong-ho, Park Young-soo, Son Oh-youngNominated

Reception

The film has received poor reviews. It has a 33% score on Rotten Tomatoes.[8]

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."[1] RogerEbert.com gave the film two stars calling it "unnecessarily busy."[4] The Hollywood Reporter described it as "A peppy but generic fantasy with action too reliant on CG."[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Lee, Maggie (17 December 2017). "Film Review: 'The Thousand Faces of Dunjia'". Variety. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  2. 1 2 Berra, John (20 December 2017). "'The Thousand Faces of Dunjia': Review". Screen Daily. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
  3. 1 2 Elley, Derek (13 January 2018). "Review: The Thousand Faces of Dunjia (2017)". Sino-Cinema. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
  4. 1 2 Abrams, Simon (15 December 2017). "The Thousand Faces of Dunjia". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  5. ↑ "Asian Film Awards 2018 nominations". South China Morning Post. 11 January 2018. Archived from the original on 14 April 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  6. ↑ "Asian Film Awards: 'Youth' Wins Top Prize From 'Demon Cat'". Variety. 17 March 2018. Archived from the original on 17 March 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "Hong Kong Film Awards nominations 2018: Ann Hui's Our Time Will Come leads race with 11 nods". South China Morning Post. 6 February 2018. Archived from the original on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  8. ↑ "The Thousand Faces of Dunjia". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  9. ↑ "'The Thousand Faces of Dunjia': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
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