The Thousand Faces of Dunjia

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]

The Thousand Faces of Dunjia
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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 (2017-12-15)
Country	China
Language	Mandarin

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]
	Best Visual Effects	Jang Seong-ho, Park Young-soo, Son Oh-young	Nominated

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]