One of those pawns, who plays an angelic figure dedicated to his paralyzed mother and the temple, is Fan Siu-Wong ( Riki-Oh, Ip Man 1 & 2). All of this leads to clashes between people in the know about the mystical weapons, and the pawns they play in order to distract each other. There's also the female thief whose family was robbed of the sacred sword that started the whole mess, and then there's the Taoist monk with dreams of assembling the weapons to make himself into an immortal spirit warrior. Daddy is actually at Wu Dang to assemble the mystical weapons from the mountains that could hold the cure for his daughter. When an adventurer and his terminally ill daughter appear to compete, things get a little strange. There is a martial arts tournament every five hundred years at the Taoist temple on holy Wu Dang mountain. The story is remarkably contained, especially for a Chinese film. I've read several lukewarm to cold reactions to the film, but I have to say I don't feel at all like I wasted my 101 precious minutes. ![]() Patrick Leung's ( Twins Effect II, Beyond Hypothermia) Wu Dang is a little action adventure film with a spiritual twist. That is usually the terrain of their southern brethren in Hong Kong. ![]() What China is less known for is smaller action adventure films. ![]() ![]() If there's anything that China does unusually well, it's throw thousands of people in a field and film them killing each other.
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