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Currently Reading A Writer s Odyssey Review: A Chinese New Year Tentpole Attraction Blends Fantasy and Reality With Mixed Results A Writer s Odyssey Review: A Chinese New Year Tentpole Attraction Blends Fantasy and Reality With Mixed Results
The tale of a shattered father searching real and imaginary worlds for his missing daughter is visually spectacular but dramatically undercooked.
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Director: Lu Yang
With: Lei Jiayin, Dong Zijian, Yang Mi, Wang Shengdi, Yu Hewei, Guo Jingfei, Tong Liya, Dong Jie, Liu Tianzuo, Li Binghui. (Mandarin dialogue)
Running time: Running time: 129 MIN.
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Co-writer-director Lu Yang on the set of the action fantasy film, ‘A Writer’s Odyssey.’ Photo courtesy of CMC Pictures.
Battling for survival during challenging and competitive situations is a major theme that famed Chinese filmmaker Lu Yang has successfully conquered throughout his career in the adventure genre. After initially garnering international fame in the world of cinema in the 2010s for writing and directing the action movie, ‘Brotherhood of Blades,’ and its sequel, the scribe-helmer is once again proving his natural ability to succeed with his latest visually stunning masterpiece, ‘A Writer’s Odyssey.’
CMC Pictures is set to distribute the drama in theaters this Friday, February 12. The high velocity film is expected to defeat strong competition at the box office, as it’s being released on this month’s Lunar New Year, which is one of the most popular and high-profile weekends for movie distributions in the filmmaker’s native country.
Adapted from the novel of the same name,
A Writer s Odyssey tells the story of Kongwen Lu (DONG Zijian), the author of a fantasy novel series following a heroic teenager, also named Kongwen, on a quest to end the tyrannical rule of Lord Redmane, under the guidance of a Black Armour (GUO Jingfei). But through a strange twist of fate, the fantasy world of the novels begins to impact life in the real world, leading Guan Ning (LEI Jiayin) to accept a mission from Tu Ling (YANG Mi) to kill the author.
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