A film with time travelling Goblin Rabbits trying to steal a
pipe that will….I don’t know what.
This is Asian cinema at its best. A story built on eastern
story telling. Young buck, wise old master, humorous sidekick (who may or may
not be a dog of indeterminate gender) and a love interest with guts and
gumption when needed most.
Following the apprentice Wizard Woochi (Don Wong-Kan) and his
shape shifting Dogberry esque friend Chorangyi and their hunt for the magic
that will make Woochi’s name and Chorangyi human.
Fight scenes of inventiveness that take the stylistic quirks
of the later Matrix films and make them great, comedic timing and watch out for
the reality of magic in the second act (21st century) as we find out
what would really happen if you had to seek out a magic painting at two in the
morning in downtown Pyongyang.
Betrayal, magic, drunken Taoist gods who can’t seem to get
anything right and a downbeat upbeat ending that wraps the film up in the
brilliance of the eponymous hero’s own imagination.
This is a film for teenagers, lovers of story and people who
don’t take themselves seriously.
Big bag of popcorn.
Get it now
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