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The Thousand Faces of Dunjia (2017) - Drunk Monk - 06-09-2026
I could've sworn I saw this movie before but when I searched it out here and on KFM, I found no reviews by me. I think I thought this was a different film. Watching it, it seemed completely fresh but that has happened to me several times with movies I've seen already. Whatevs. I watched it again to see Miao Xie's role in it, which is minor. took me a while to recognize him and he does nothing of note.
This is deep in the yaoguai genre with lots of flying about, taoist magic and dated CGI effects. It's Yuen Woo-Ping revisiting his 1982 rant-aisa The Miracle Fighters, which I must seek out and watch because I don't know if I've seen that either. I liked it, but it's so overblown with magical stuff, like a superhero movie. It kinda gets lost in itself, overdone, but I enjoyed it for what it was. The story was amusing with a love quadrangle, and the yaoguai genre is one of my favs. Tsui Hark also had a hand in this, so it's deep in the Fant-Asia zone.
The film was highly regarded at the time, mostly for its costumes, sets, effects and its overall design style. Those don't hold up, at least the effect don't. CGI has gotten scary good. This was back when it still looked like CGI. The fights were a lot of flying about and tossing various missile weapons. I did like all the demon unmasking. It had it's moments and there was a sequel, which I'll probably check out someday.
Not overly D00M recommended.
Seen on YouTube here: