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The Emperor and the White Snake
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Cast
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White Snake
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Raymond Lam | ... | |
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Zhang Wen | ... |
Neng Ren
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Ice Harpy
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Miriam Yeung Chin Wah | ... |
Rabbit
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Kar-Ying Law | ... |
Mysterious Herbalist
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Suet Lam | ... |
Chicken
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Toad
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Wu Jiang | ... |
Tortoise
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Gao Hai Bo | ... |
Herb Picker
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Yin You Can | ... |
Fox Demon
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Tat-Ming Cheung | ... |
Neng Ren
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Li Dan | ... |
Fahai's Demon Hunter
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Action director Ching Siu-Tung helms this fantasy film based on an old Chinese legend about an herbalist who falls in love with a thousand-year-old White Snake disguised as a woman. Jet Li stars as a sorcerer who discovers her true identity and battles to save the man's soul. Written by Anonymous
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for sequences of fantasy action violence, some frightening images and sensuality | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Language:
MandarinRelease Date:
28 September 2011 (China) See more »Also Known As:
It's Love See more »Box Office
Budget:
HKD 200,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$5,530 (USA) (8 February 2013)Gross:
$18,445 (USA) (8 March 2013)Company Credits
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In an interview with the entire cast of the movie, Jet Li mentioned that he got tricked into accepting the role. The producer supposedly convinced him that he didn't have to fight a lot, but it turned out to be the opposite. See more »Quotes
White Snake: Before I saw you I meditated for a thousand years, but those thousand years are worth less than a moment with you.See more »
This is another adaptation of the White Snake myth of forbidden love between humans and demons but the good news is that it is hyped up with so much CGI wizardry that it looks almost like an "Avatar" clone, complete with copious amounts of 'wire-fu'. However, the bad news is that director Tony Chin sees it fit to keep the film's IQ at kiddie level with talking mice and clownish rabbits.
What's more is that Jet Li, obviously the star attraction here, is caught in a difficult position, having to mouth silly lines and perform unintentionally funny stunts instead of actual kungfu.
Like in A Chinese Ghost Story, we have a tale of young herbalist Xu Xian (Raymond Lam) and a thousand-year-old snake demon (played by Eva Huang Shengyi). It all starts with an underwater kiss with which the sexy snake incarnate rescues the hapless young man from drowning. After that, she continues to pursue him, against the advice of her close friend Green Snake (Charlene Choi) - until he agrees to marry her.
The match is against the law of nature and sorcerer Fa Hai (Jet Li) of Jinshang temple has sworn to trap and slay all such demons before they wreak havoc on the villagers. Trouble is, the kind-hearted Xu Xian has befriended the sorcerer monk and slaying the White Snake would hurt her innocent hubby.
The spectacular opening sequences of a battle between Fa Hai and the Ice Witch (Vivian Hsu) gives us a taste of what is to come. One thing we can be sure of is that Tony Chin spares no expense over the sets and period setting that provide a deliciously rich fantasy just like those of Jame Cameron's "Avatar" and Tim Burton's "Alice In Wonderland". The animation is a bit tacky though, considering how far CGI has gone today.
Still, the make-or-break factor in any romance flick is the performance of its leads and here Eva Huang and Raymond Lam are not just a good-looking couple but they managed to look like young lovers. Juxtaposed against them are the ghoulish and comical relationship between Charlene Choi's Green Snake and Wen Zhang's novie monk Nen Reng who gets 'converted' to the other side early in the movie. Other stars to look out for include Chapman To, Miriam Yeung and Lam Suet who seem to be having fun playing childish farmyard characters like chickens and rabbits. Nothing to be excited with this CGI extravaganza with Jet Li in it. (limchangmoh.blogspot.com)