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      Painted Skin

      2008 1h 55m Drama Mystery & Thriller List
      Reviews 40% 100+ Ratings Audience Score Xiaowei, a fox spirit who feasts on human hearts to maintain her youthful appearance, falls in love with Gen. Wang Sheng. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member I am a big fan of Donnie Yen as an actor, as well as a martial artist, so it didn't bother me that there is very little fighting in this movie, certainly not Donnie vs multitudes. He is in his charming mode in this film. The film is well made and beautiful to watch. I really like Chen Kun, who is gorgeous, and the three main women actors. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member In my opinion,I thought this version is better than Gordon Chan's remake(It's good too but sorry that I have to remove it and replaced King Hu's version in my favorite).Back in old days,there is no heavy CGS or any spectacular computer effects.So,in this version of Painted Skin,they didn't rely on any CGS.Creepy make-up,eerie atmosphere,colorful smoke and explosion.Nice intro music and end credit music,also,I wish I can get the full version.The only problem is they lack of good actions,I guess Sammo Hung's fans may disappointed to see this.It's still a good adaption movie,overall.:) Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member It wasn't King Hu that attracted me to this film, it was the cast. Joey Wong is irresistible as ever, but she doesn't get to do much but be the damsel in distress for the whole movie. Its Sammo Hung who manages to make the movie interesting. He plays a super powerful high priest who helps Joey Wong's character by defeating the evil King Ying/Yang. The action at the end gets a bit wayward and clunky, and the movie never gets interesting enough to warrant a recommendation. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member After leaving the Shaw Brothers, King Hu's movies became even more operatic in an attempt to develop the visual storytelling of the wuxia genre. His last movie, Painted Skin from 1992, is no exception. Although rendered hopelessly out of date at the time of it's release, when former new wave director Tsui Hark's wild antics ruled the wuxia scene, it's visual beauty and gentle approach can still be appreciated. The action in Painted Skin is almost completely subordinate to the director's sense of taoist aesthetics and spiritual matters. Respect the King. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member the plot is amazingly slow... Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member King Hu's 11th and the last feature. An occult action based on the book of Chinese traditional ghost stories which "Touch of Zen" is also based on. As King Hu states, it is not as good as other works of him, mainly because of the lack of fund and cutting done by studio without Hu's admission (1.5 hrs supposed to be 2 hrs). Also as he states, in the second half of the film, it's just obviously out of money and cannot help but look cheap, although it surely has the touch of King Hu (He does as much as he can in the hard situation). Joey Wang is not so impressive, but Sammo Hung who plays a serious role (a Tao-master) looks fresh. Will we ever have a chance to see the director's cut (even tho Hu's not alive) of this one? (I doubt very much) Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Xiaowei, a fox spirit who feasts on human hearts to maintain her youthful appearance, falls in love with Gen. Wang Sheng.
      Director
      Gordon Chan
      Screenwriter
      Ho Leung Lau, Pu Songling
      Production Co
      Golden Sun Films
      Genre
      Drama, Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      Chinese
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Oct 21, 2019
      Runtime
      1h 55m