The Great Magician (2011)
Ratings:
6.1 (TMDb)
Released:
2011-12-22
Runtime:
128 min
Genres:
Drama, Mystery
Countries:
China, Hong Kong
Director:
Derek Yee
Actors:
Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Sean Lau Ching-Wan, Zhou Xun, Yan Ni, Wu Gang, Daniel Wu, Paul Chun Pui, Alex Fong Chung-Sun
Synopsis
In the years after the Revolution, China broken up into fiefdoms held by warlords, who are busy fighting each other. One warlord has imprisoned a girl and wants her to be his seventh wife, but he's too honorable to force her. The local revolutionaries wants to kill him and bring back the republic. But when a stranger returns from abroad with mastery of magic to recover the girl he loved, who is tricking whom and who will win at the end?