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https://scmp.com/culture/film-tv/article/2098232/film-review-god-war-vincent-zhao-fights-japanese-pirates-uneven
Culture/ Film & TV

Film review: God of War – Vincent Zhao fights Japanese pirates in uneven Chinese epic

Director Gordon Chan returns to wuxia in this period action drama that is engaging enough, but plays like a TV highlight reel that needs a judicious cut

Director Gordon Chan returns to wuxia in this period action drama that is engaging enough, but plays like a TV highlight reel that needs a judicious cut

3/5 stars

In the 10 years or so since ancient Chinese war epics began to fade from the international spotlight, veteran Hong Kong director Gordon Chan Ka-seung has also been struggling to rediscover the form shown by his splendid supernatural romance Painted Skin (2008) – be it with the awful video game adaptation The King of Fighters (2010) or the consistently mediocre wuxia trilogy The Four (2012-2014).