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Mike Hale, New York Times: The writer, Shen Jian, and the director, Jing Chen, have made no concessions to the non-Chinese viewer in their compressed, chaotic narrative. Read more
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: This busy attempt at merging large-scale CGI action filmmaking with outsized historical drama is unremarkable. Read more
Nick Schager, Village Voice: A morass of melodramatic romance, torture, and suicide. Read more