EdithKiss-Nite

I tried watching this C drama because of my favorite actors Chen Xing Xu and Dilraba Dilmurat. It was a disappointment at the start as I barely recognized Dilraba Dilmurat, in fact if her name wasn't on the casting list, I would not have recognized her at all. Is it just me or something happened to her face? She looks extremely skinny and appears that she may have had some work done on her face that resulted in a somewhat unnatural look that kind of froze her face not allowing any emotions to show. What a shame as she was one of the best young talent/actress around.
As for the movie, the storyline is not very original, somewhat familiar, pretty close to the movie the "Alien" Also the directorial style seems to resemble quite a lot of M Night Shyamalan's directing style, dark, mysterious, spooky in slow motion, disjointed scenes etc. however, this one, really didn't hit the right effect for the audience. The cast was really good, playing their part well but it was really hard to imagine a rag tag bunch of people as heroic, talented hunters with ancient fighting skills and teachings. Most of the action scenes were truly amateurish, disorganized and boring.
I really, really loved the soundtrack and music as well as the beautiful scenery/photography. However, I honestly can't continue watching this slow mo, depressing, disjointed movie. Some of the scenes that meant to look "artsy" unfortunately came out as plain boring instead. Sorry, I had high hopes for this movie but won't be putting it on my watchlist.