Peak HeiHua
This felt like an apology for the abysmal dynamics/writing of Hei Xiazi in the Reunion series. They brought back arguably the best actor for Xiazi and Ji Xiabing made a perfect Xie Yuchen, with their chemistry and character writing showing one of the best dynamics between HeiHua. Perfect communication and teamwork while the teasing fights and slightly homoerotic relationship was well portrayed. I appreciated how it showed Xiao Hua at his best - flipping all over the place and using his power to help those he cares about.
The story was simple and mostly self-contained, with a good motivation and well wrapped up ending. The visuals were decent for what was clearly limited time and budget and the fight sequences were well planned out and fun to watch. The fight scene around the coffin was especially fun! The first half hour was a bit too fast-paced to get all the setup going but then the director when lowkey god-mode at minute 30 with one of the best directed sequences in any of the Lost Tomb series. The rest of the movie was done at a reasonable pace, directing, and editing, and the side characters were simple but acted well in their roles.
The story was simple and mostly self-contained, with a good motivation and well wrapped up ending. The visuals were decent for what was clearly limited time and budget and the fight sequences were well planned out and fun to watch. The fight scene around the coffin was especially fun! The first half hour was a bit too fast-paced to get all the setup going but then the director when lowkey god-mode at minute 30 with one of the best directed sequences in any of the Lost Tomb series. The rest of the movie was done at a reasonable pace, directing, and editing, and the side characters were simple but acted well in their roles.
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