Sure enough, it quickly becomes clear that something sinister is afoot, and the Mojin Xiaowei find themselves trying to survive while preventing their evil employer from getting her hands on an amulet that can raise the dead.Īs much as anything else, Mojin: The Lost Legend is proof that the Chinese film industry is catching up with Hollywood, as it's every inch the high-powered blockbuster production, driven by flashy special effects and bombastic action set pieces. Quite correctly smelling a rat, Hu and Shirley reluctantly decide to tag along, only to find that the tomb is one where he and Wang had lost the woman they both loved (Angelababy) some 20 years back during a Communist Youth League mission to clear out an old underground Japanese army base. Now retired and living in New York, the three are pulled back into the game when their associate Big Gold Tooth (Xia Yu, Breakup Buddies) tempts Wang into taking on a lucrative contract to loot the tomb of an Inner Mongolian princess for a wealthy business woman (Liu Xiaoqing) and her creepy entourage. Set in the 1980s, the film opens with Chen Kun, Huang Bo and Shu Qi as Hu Bayi, Wang Kaixuan and Shirley Yang, three former tomb raiders known as the Mojin Xiaowei, part of an ancient order employed by Chinese emperors to liberate valuable artefacts from tombs for the good of the country.
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Based on the popular 2006 novel Ghost Blows out the Light from a series by Zhang Muye, the film was very much a prestige production and was backed by three of China's top film studios, Huayi Brothers, Enlight Pictures and Wanda Pictures.
Mainland director Wuershan follows up his massive box office hit Painted Skin: The Resurrection with another ambitious fantasy offering in Mojin: The Lost Legend (aka The Ghouls) an IMAX 3D production hoping to woo audiences with spectacular special effects and an all-star cast that includes Shu Qi ( The Assassin), Chen Kun ( Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon), Huang Bo ( Lost in Thailand), and Angelababy ( Rise of the Legend). Wu Er Shan 烏爾善 乌尔善 烏爾善（ウー・アールシャン） Wu Er ShanĪ - Americas (North, Central and South except French Guiana), Korea, Japan, South East Asia (including Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan) What is it? The Ghouls 尋龍訣之鬼吹燈 寻龙诀之鬼吹灯 The Ghouls The Ghouls Heading underground into the dangerous unknown, they discover that the true treasure of this hunt is an ancient charm believed to hold shocking powers. The trio return to Inner Mongolia and the site they last explored before quitting. However, they get lured back into their old trade by a mysterious businesswoman (Liu Xiaoqing) who offers Kaixuan a large sum of money to locate an ancient tomb. Seasoned grave robbers Hu Bayi (Aloys Chen), Wang Kaixuan (Huang Bo) and Shirley Yang (Shu Qi) hail from a long line of tomb raiders whose trade dates back for centuries, but the trio have decided to hang up their boots. Having honed his skills on the period fantasies Painted Skin: The Resurrection and The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman, director Wuershan rounds up the all-star cast of Aloys Chen ( Flying Swords of Dragon Gate), Huang Bo ( Dearest), Shu Qi ( The Assassin), Angelababy ( Rise of the Legend), Xia Yu ( Wind Blast) and Cherry Ngan ( The Way We Dance) for this visually stunning, action-packed tomb-raiding thriller. The Ghouls) turned into one of the biggest Chinese films of all time. Based on Zhang Muye's immensely popular online novel series Ghost Blows Out the Light, the 2015 action adventure fantasy Mojin: The Lost Legend (a.k.a.
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