Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms
(2023)
Overview
Based on the most well-known classical fantasy novel of China, Fengshenyanyi, the trilogy is a magnificent eastern high fantasy epic that recreates the prolonged mythical wars between humans, immortals and monsters, which happened more than three thousand years ago.
Director
Wuershan
Writers
Xu Zhonglin, Wuershan, Ran Jianan, Cao Sheng, Ran Ping, Xixing Lu
Top Billed
Yu Shi
Keywords
Top Billed Cast
Crew
Collection
Creation of the Gods Trilogy
Reviews
CinemaSerf
⭐ 7/10October 21, 2023
As with any film that's the first in a trilogy, this spends just a little too long setting out who's who but once it does, this develops into an enjoyable fantasy adventure film that brings a wonderfully vibrant myriad of Chinese mythological and human characters to life. Ancient rivalries and battles between humanity, the deities and some marvellously created mystical beasts - especially the dragons - form the basis of the story set some three m… read the rest.
Sejian
⭐ 8/10November 7, 2024
This was quite fun!
"The Investiture of the Gods, also known by its Chinese names Fengshen Yanyi and Fengshen Bang, is a 16th-century Chinese novel and one of the major vernacular Chinese works in the gods and demons genre written during the Ming dynasty." Yes please, give me more!
This is the second time this year I'm being treated with the mother goddess Nuwa in media, and being mixed Chinese and only recently learning this part of Chines…
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Status
Released
Original Language
ZH
Budget
$85,000,000
Revenue
$369,081,777