Legend of the Demon Cat

Initially I have to say that "Legend of the Demon Cat" (aka "Kûkai") turned out better than I had anticipated it. Sure, I hadn't even heard about this 2017 movie from director Kaige Chen before now in 2020, when I sat down to watch it.

I read the synopsis and weren't overly impressed. But still, it was a Chinese movie, and one I hadn't already seen, so of course I found the time to sit down and watch it.

The storyline was interesting, and it was a nicely character driven story. Needless to say that the characters in the movie were good, because otherwise the movie wouldn't have worked out as well as it did. And they had some talented actors and actresses on the cast list.

I found the story to be entertaining, although I have to admit that the steam started to seep out of the kettle after the movie hit the 1 hour mark. Then it seemed that the storyline started to clutter and made less sense - or becoming a bit more confusing. Either way, the movie was much more enjoyable in the first hour.

"Legend of the Demon Cat" mixes a couple of genres well together, and makes for an enjoyable and entertaining movie. I am rating it a six out of ten stars.