White-Haired Witch [2014].x264.DVDrip(Asian.Action.Fantasy)

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Title................: The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom (Original title "Bai fa mo nu zhuan zhi ming yue tian guo")
Studio...............: Bona Film Group and Prosperity Pictures
Actors...............: Bingbing Fan, Xiaoming Huang, Wenzhuo Zhao
Directors............: Chi Leung 'Jacob' Cheung
Writers..............: Junli Guo,Ciao Kang, Yusheng Liang
Genre................: Action, Fantasy, Romance
Release Date.........: April 25, 2014 (China)
Duration.............: 01:43:59 (per actual main feature)
Rated................: Not Rated
Cover(s) Included....: Yes

Language.............: Chinese (Mandarin)
Subtitles............: English
Resolution...........: 480p @ 16:9
Source...............: Retail R6 DVD.

IMDb Information.....: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3465456/
IMDb Rating..........: 5.3/10
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    "Leaders frame Jade Raksha, a powerful sorceress, for a murder to turn the peasants against her. Zhou Yihang, the leader of the Wudang clan, is sent to investigate the crime, and ends up falling for the mysterious woman."

White Haired Witch is an adaptation of a novel Baifa Monü Zhuan from 1957; it’s had several film incarnations including The Bride with White Hair (1993) and The Romance of the White Hair Maiden (1995).
This most recent adaptation sure has a lot of CG but I can’t deny that some of the visuals are rather breathtaking. I think it would have looked better in 3D but the Blu-ray is one of the best quality I’ve ever seen; perfect picture and sound. It’s a shame that the Lunar Kingdom itself looks like a set and isn’t very convincing but there are some moments which look literally fantastic.
Personally, I’ve never read the original novel so I am basing this review merely on the quality of the film; it didn’t get great reviews when it came out in China but I thoroughly enjoyed it despite its flaws.

From research I’ve done about the book, it sounds like the story has much more to it and the film could have done with being a little longer.

The story has several twists and turns and surprisingly didn’t go the way I suspected, but I have to say that I hated the ending. It happened far too quickly and I wish that they had included more from the book as it would have been far more satisfying.
Fan Bing Bing looks radiant as the White Haired Witch AKA Lian Nishang; she is just the right amount of strong and vulnerable. Her late master taught her that “love is the deadliest poison” however; when Lian meets Zhuo Yihang (Xiaoming Huang) she begins to see that it’s not so easy to define love.

Xiaoming Huang is instantly likeable and shows that Zhuo is clearly a man of honour; when he is set up for the murder of the Emperor he doesn’t know who to trust and things go awry very quickly.
There is plenty of wuxia action so expect wirework and impossible feats galore; for once it didn’t really bother me because this is purely a fantasy movie and wasn’t going for realism.
For the most part it succeeds in creating this other world but you can’t help feeling that they spent more time on the special effects rather than a complete story.The music score was nice but the song over the finale was incredibly lame and was another reason the ending bugged me.
  Overall, White Haired Witch isn’t a perfect film; it has a frustrating ending and some ropey effects but the acting is decent and there is the odd nice visual with plenty of action to keep you entertained.
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