The Thousand Faces of Dunjia

The Thousand Faces of Dunjia
The Thousand Faces of Dunjia
	Film poster
Chinese	奇門遁甲
Directed by	Yuen Woo-ping
Screenplay by	Tsui Hark
Produced by	Nansun Shi; Wei Junzi; Huang Yonghui
Starring	Da Peng; Ni Ni; Aarif Rahman; Zhou Dongyu; Wu Bai; Liu Yan
Production; companies	Le Vision Pictures; Acme Image; Beijing Jinhui Yinghua Entertainment; Star Century Picture
Distributed by	Aeon Pix Studios ( Russia )
Release date	15 December 2017;
Country	China
Language	Mandarin

The Thousand Faces of Dunjia (Chinese: 奇門遁甲) is a 2017 Chinese fantasy-wuxia film directed by Yuen Woo-ping; scripted and produced by Tsui Hark.^[1] The film stars Da Peng, Aarif Lee, Ni Ni, Wu Bai, and Zhou Dongyu.^[2]

Plot

The film follows a group of swordsmen's adventures to secretly protect humankind by hunting some mysterious creatures from the outer space.

Cast

Da Peng as Zhuge Qingyun
Ni Ni as Metal Dragonfly
Aarif Rahman as Dao Yichang
Zhou Dongyu as Xiao Yuan
Wu Bai as Boss
Liu Yan
Tiger Xu
Yang Yiwei
Mo Tse
Sun Mingming
Zhang Yiqian

Awards and nominations

Awards	Category	Nominee	Results	Ref.
12th Asian Film Awards	Best Action Film	The Thousand Faces of Dunjia	Nominated	^[3]^[4]
	Best Costume Design		Nominated
	Best Visual Effects		Nominated
37th Hong Kong Film Awards	Best Action Choreography	Yuen Cheung-yan, Yuen Shun-yi	Nominated	^[5]
37th Hong Kong Film Awards	Best Visual Effects	Jang Seong-ho, Park Young-soo, Son Oh-young	Nominated	^[5]

Reception

The film has received poor reviews. It has a 33% score on Rotten Tomatoes.^[6]

Variety called it "bloated with visual effects" and said "lacks the intellectual grounding or cinematic oomph that made better works like The Taking of Tiger Mountain more than mere spectacles."^[1] RogerEbert.com gave the film two stars calling it "unnecessarily busy."^[2] The Hollywood Reporter described it as "A peppy but generic fantasy with action too reliant on CG."^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b Lee, Maggie (17 December 2017). "Film Review: 'The Thousand Faces of Dunjia'". Variety. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b Abrams, Simon (15 December 2017). "The Thousand Faces of Dunjia". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
^ "Asian Film Awards 2018 nominations". South China Morning Post. 11 January 2018. Archived from the original on 14 April 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
^ "Asian Film Awards: 'Youth' Wins Top Prize From 'Demon Cat'". Variety. 17 March 2018. Archived from the original on 17 March 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
^ "Hong Kong Film Awards nominations 2018: Ann Hui's Our Time Will Come leads race with 11 nods". South China Morning Post. 6 February 2018. Archived from the original on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
^ "The Thousand Faces of Dunjia". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
^ "'The Thousand Faces of Dunjia': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2024.

External links

The Thousand Faces of Dunjia at IMDb

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[lee-1] Lee, Maggie (17 December 2017). "Film Review: 'The Thousand Faces of Dunjia'". Variety. Retrieved 17 February 2024.

[abrams-2] Abrams, Simon (15 December 2017). "The Thousand Faces of Dunjia". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 17 February 2024.

[3] "Asian Film Awards 2018 nominations". South China Morning Post. 11 January 2018. Archived from the original on 14 April 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.

[4] "Asian Film Awards: 'Youth' Wins Top Prize From 'Demon Cat'". Variety. 17 March 2018. Archived from the original on 17 March 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.

[5] "Hong Kong Film Awards nominations 2018: Ann Hui's Our Time Will Come leads race with 11 nods". South China Morning Post. 6 February 2018. Archived from the original on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.

[6] "The Thousand Faces of Dunjia". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 17 February 2024.

[7] "'The Thousand Faces of Dunjia': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2024.

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v t e Films by Tsui Hark
Films directed	The Butterfly Murders (1979) We're Going to Eat You (1980, also writer) Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind (1980, also writer) All the Wrong Clues for the Right Solution (1981) Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983) Shanghai Blues (1984, also produced) Aces Go Places 3 (1984) Working Class (1985, also produced) Peking Opera Blues (1986, also produced) A Better Tomorrow III: Love & Death in Saigon (1989, also produced) Once Upon a Time in China (1991, also writer and produced) King of Chess (1991, uncredited, also produced) Once Upon a Time in China II (1992, also writer and produced) The Master (1992, also produced) Green Snake (1993, also writer and produced) Once Upon a Time in China III (1993, also writer and produced) The Lovers (1994, also writer and produced) Once Upon a Time in China V (1994, also writer and produced) The Blade (1995, also writer and produced) The Chinese Feast (1995, also writer and produced) Love in the Time of Twilight (1995, also writer and produced) Tristar (1996, also writer and produced) Double Team (1997) Knock Off (1998) Time and Tide (2000, also writer and produced) The Legend of Zu (2001, also writer and produced) Black Mask 2: City of Masks (2002, also produced) Seven Swords (2005, also writer and produced) Missing (2008, also writer and produced) All About Women (2008, also writer and produced) Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010, also produced) Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011, also writer and produced) Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (2013, also writer and produced) The Taking of Tiger Mountain (2014, also writer) Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back (2017, also writer and produced) Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings (2018, also produced)
Films written	A Better Tomorrow II (1987; also produced) A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991, also produced) Swordsman II (1992, also produced) New Dragon Gate Inn (1992, also produced) The Wicked City (1992; also produced) The East Is Red (1993; also produced) Once Upon a Time in China IV (1993; also produced) The Magic Crane (1993, also produced) Iron Monkey (1993; also produced) Black Mask (1996; also produced) The Era of Vampires (2002, also produced) Sword Master (2016; also produced) The Thousand Faces of Dunjia (2017)
Films produced only	A Better Tomorrow (1986) A Chinese Ghost Story (1987) The Big Heat (1988) I Love Maria (1988) The Killer (1989) A Terra-Cotta Warrior (1990) The Swordsman (1990) A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990) Shanghai Grand (1996) Once Upon a Time in China and America (1997) The Climbers (2019)
Collaborating director	The Banquet (1991) Twin Dragons (1992) Triangle (2007) Septet: The Story of Hong Kong (2020) The Battle at Lake Changjin (2021) The Battle at Lake Changjin II (2022)