Based on the 16th-century Chinese novel The Investiture of the Gods 封神演义. With a production budget of RMB450 million, the film features a star-studded cast such as Jet Li, Tony Leung Ka-Fai, Louis Koo, Fan Bingbing, Huang Xiaoming and Angelababy. A long time ago, a determined King Zhou, supported by his concubine Daji, sets his mind on conquering the Middle Kingdom. After years of slaughter, the unyielding Adept tribes have been eliminated in succession. Jiang and General Ji from Qishan are King Zhou’s longstanding opponents. Under a divinatory sign, Jiang discovers that the Sword of Light can reverse the adversity. General Ji has reservations over the unruly nature of the weapon, but Jiang believes that hope lies in risks. He then makes a shrewd scheme of assigning the quest for the Sword to several nobodies—Ji Lei, Nezha, and Er Lang Shen. Each born with strange Adept powers, the team is confronted with their own respective fears that threaten to endanger the quest. On thei
E**A
Reveals Ancient Hidden Spiritual War Waged Against Humanity, as Chinese Myth
Hidden spiritual vampirism perpetrated upon humans is portrayed as Chinese myth. This tale ends in a lie since the eternal essence of humans cannot actually be consumed by another "dark force". And that dark force only has "control" over us if we are tempted to hoard power as it has done to us.Once the dark forces (dragon energy), acting as masters to those who are being perfected (humans) in this stage arena are revealed, this game is actually over. This is as per pre-decided in agreement, before time "here" began. They are exposed only when we remember and know who we and they are. It is not even that they are evil and we are good. They are simply our teachers. The war ends when we realize this. We must open our eyes and see each other as all being equally precious due to the fact that we are extension of the light and essence of the identical Eternal Essence, ultimately. And each of us carries this very spark within our beings.We graduate once we learn not to take part in the imposition by the dragon upon our fellow beings in this reality, and more importantly, once we extract the wisdom of the teaching to us. That imposition is a demonstration of power that either has led to our victimization or worse, our embracing adoption and participation.Gratitude and respect for your teachings, as actors portraying and performing the part of "evil". With eyes opened, we can know the truth of who we are, drop our masks, embody into our fractal realities/consciousness the great wisdom which we will carry with us as we soon exit the stage. The learning has added to our light.The League of Gods as it appears in our reality is dissolving. We no longer need them if we can glean the purpose of their presence. Until and unless they accept that the game is over, they will attempt to continue their charade as our masters, as they have forgotten they too are acting a part. They too are subject to being parts of All That Is.We can learn from this movie, if we have eyes to see. But first we must see that the Dragon is not all powerful, it is an entity which is here to teach us, nothing more. It only has the power we cede to it, and even that is "only castles burning". This story is over, and the light won. It existed before the dragon, and it exists beyond the dragon.
E**G
Hold onto your hat
9-29-17 Five stars for a long list of excellent results. I knew not the tale and yet understood "enough" to keep up with the story progression. Many of the complaints are true but ring hollow next to the pluses. It's a flurry blur a lot, but it adds to the general all around "magic allows anything" genre. Because powers are so often displayed, we get used to them, and the story comes more to the fore despite the CGI.I'll watch again for certain.10-4-17 Had most of its entertainment-for-me-personally retained. Nice. Watch again months hence at least.
L**N
FUN!!!
Crazy mythological "soap opera"!!!
L**R
Amazing
Worth every second. If you are looking for amazing fantasy skip Rop and watch this instead.
S**R
Best fantasy movie of the century, so far.
This was way too good to be Hollywood. I'm astounded that this only rated 4.7 on imdb. This is the best movie I've seen in years. The special effects were amazing, but the creativity was in a realm of its own. There were so many gorgeous landscapes and cinematography scenes that I lost count. As an avid sci-fi/fantasy reader, I always complain about Hollywood's ritualistic adherence to uninspiring and pedantic formulas. This was a breath of fresh air in a world of stale cinema. Well done.
D**T
Don't watch this movie if you like your movies to end
Warning the movies story line does not end. I went and bought this movie since I like martial arts/fantasy stories. However, if I would have known that this was only part one (assuming on my part as it just leaves off in the middle of the attack sequence) I would not have purchased it or even starting watching it on a streaming rental. AGAIN YOU WILL BE LEFT IN A CLIFT HANGER ENDING. League of Gods came out in 2016. I tried google, imdb, wiki, and even you tube, to see about part 2. I could not get any hits on it just the synopsis for part one.In fairness to the League of Gods story...It started slow but the background story had to be shown, it became interesting when the hero finally showed (don't want to give away the plot), and then a good fight scene.... AND THEN IT JUST STOPS and end credits! Oh come on REALLY.........
M**E
It's a fun Asian fantasy movie.
Go watch. Don't read!
P**.
WOW!! When will 'League of Gods II' be released???
Exceptionally entertaining. Everything about 'League of Gods' is exceptional. The visuals are extraordinary, the fight scenes are amazing and the plot is on par with some of the best superhero movies, in my opinion. Extremely well done and worth more then one watch!!!
T**4
Unbedingt kaufen wer auf abgefahrene fantasy martial arts filme steht
Einen so extremen abgedrehten fantasy kracher hab ich lang nicht gesehen wenn überhaupt die stimmung die action , humor so wie eine crazy idea nach der nächsten einfach ein visueller ach ein genuss
C**O
Five Stars
Good plot good photographic work.
A**R
👍
Llego en tiempo y forma, muy bien empacando .La película tiene muy buena imagen y en cuanto al sonido igual
F**O
Rimasto male
Ci sono rimasto male in quanto è leggibile da DVD con regione 1. Essendo di edizione Francia pensavo che fosse automaticamente di regione 2, invece no.
A**M
Artikel aus den USA
Ich kann keine Produktbeschreibung abgeben, da die BR mit meinem BR-player nicht funktioniert hat. Der Artikel ist für den deutschen Markt also nicht geeignet. Ich hab den Artikel zurückgeschickt.
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