Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain
Director: Tsui Hark
1983 / 98min / DCP
Blood Demons, psychedelic lighting, cutting-edge special effects courtesy imported Hollywood technicians, head-lopping flying swords, physics-defying wire stunts, two Sammo Hungs, and Lin a vision of frigid majesty as an imperious Ice Queen—Hark’s brazen, eye-popping Tang Dynasty-set action-fantasy bonanza has a little bit of everything, and was one of the first wuxia to make a splash on the other side of the Pacific, an admitted influence on John Carpenter’s Hong Kong action-indebted Big Trouble in Little China (1986). The baroquely intricate plot involves a mystic mission into the mountains of Western China in search of legendary twin swords, while Hark himself is on a mission to see how much gonzo action he can fit into a single movie—one that’s breezily accomplished.
Distributor: Fortune Star Media Limited
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