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Flashy, funny, weird and in-your-face. I'm an instant Wuershan fan and I hope he'll keep making films like this before slowly fading away doing big budget stuff
Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms
There hasn't been a lack of sprawling Chinese fantasy epics these days, but the genre has moved from money-hungry blockbuster productions to small-scale streamer films. Wuershan seems keen to curve that trend, which prompted this first film in what'll hopefully be a series. And he doesn't disappoint. Everything about this production is epic, though people expecting a full-on action spectacle may be a little disappointed (in good tradition, there's also a lot of betrayal and double-crossing). It's not a film that reinvents the genre, but considering the lack of similar films nowadays, it's a very welcome entry.
The second one in the series can't quite live up to the hype of the first. It's not uncommon for the second parts of trilogies to be the weakest, as their universe is already revealed in the first film and the finale is kept somewhat restrained so it can be topped in the third and final part. And that's exactly what Demon Force feels like. There are still some very impressive scenes, Nashi is a real find and the plot is fun, but there are also some lulls (especially the bridge between the first and second part of the story) and overall it's just not as impressive as the first film. Still looking forward to part 3, but Wuershan has his work cut out for him.Read all
