Kung Fu Monster (2018)

Original title

武林怪獸

Directed by

Andrew Lau

Genre

martial arts film

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

1h 44m

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 24 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of martial artists in ancient China get tangled up with a mysterious and playful monster. They try to outsmart each other and a corrupt official while dealing with the creature's antics.

playfulcomedicfantasticallight-heartedfast-pacedold-fashionedaction-packedwhimsical

What happens

Kung Fu Monster (Chinese: 武林怪兽), previously translated as When Robbers Meet the Chessboards, is a 2018 wuxia fantasy film co-produced and directed by Andrew Lau and starring Louis Koo, Cheney Chen, Bao Bei'er, Wang Taili, Bea Hayden, with Alex Fong and Zhou Dongyu. A Hong Kong-Chinese co-production, the film began production on 13 April 2017 and wrapped up on 8 June of the same year in Beijing, and was released in December 2018. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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