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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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Chinese action fantasy starring Jet Li, Tony Leung is based on a Ming-dynasty novel panned by literary critics
Unless you close your eyes to all things Chinese in Hong Kong, which many residents here do, you simply cannot miss the ubiqui­tous posters for the film League of Gods, the one with the macabre six-armed toddler.
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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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