The Great Magician (2011)

Original title

大魔術師

Directed by

Derek Yee

Genre

action comedy film, mystery film

Country

Hong Kong, People's Republic of China

Runtime

2h 08m

Rated

16

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 72 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1920s Beijing, a magician comes back from abroad to save his fiancée from a warlord who plans to make her his seventh wife. The story mixes magic, action, and comedy as he uses his illusions to outwit his rival.

lightheartedwhimsicalplayfulstylishfast-paceddramaticcomedicromantic

What happens

The Great Magician (大魔术师; 大魔術師; dà móshù shī) is a 2011 Hong Kong action fantasy comedy film based on a 2009 novel by Zhang Haifan. It was directed by Derek Yee and starred Tony Leung, Sean Lau and Zhou Xun. Set in Beijing in the 1920s, the film tells the story of an illusionist who returns from overseas to find his fiancée, who has been kidnapped by a warlord hoping to make her his seventh wife. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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