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Reflections | Fan Bingbing film League of Gods a fun take on a second-rate novel
Chinese action fantasy starring Jet Li, Tony Leung is based on a Ming-dynasty novel panned by literary critics
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This latest film adaptation of the 16th-century Chinese novel Fengshen Yanyi (translated as Investiture of the Gods) features big names such as Jet Li Lianjie, Fan Bingbing and Tony Leung Ka-fai, and boasts state-of-the-art CGI and special effects.
The novel itself has long been considered second rate by literary critics.
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