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Banished to the mortal world, a warrior has to slay a demon to return to the heavenly realm and become a god.Banished to the mortal world, a warrior has to slay a demon to return to the heavenly realm and become a god.Banished to the mortal world, a warrior has to slay a demon to return to the heavenly realm and become a god.
- Awards
- 6 wins & 7 nominations
Guanlin Ji
- Jiuwei
- (voice)
- …
Lu Li
- Emperor Zhou
- (voice)
Nazeeh Tarsha
- Additional Voices
- (English version)
- (voice)
Tu-Te-Ha-Meng
- Shen Gongbao
- (voice)
Meme Yan
- Si Bu Xiang
- (voice)
- (as Yan Meme)
Xi Zheng
- Jiang Ziya
- (voice)
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- Crazy creditsThere are 2 post-credit scenes.
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a great potrait despite everything else
Maybe it's because I'm Chinese, I actually like this movie (actually, lots of Chinese doesn't). I guess you can enjoy it much better when you don't see this as a typical movie, but as an extension of the existing, very old legends of Jiang Zi Ya.
I don't know if there are other similar cultures, but in China's loose, complicated fusion of mythology, the gods can be roughly divided into two groups - the ones that are high and mighty, which we build large temples to worship because we want to stay on their good side, and the lesser gods who we invite to our homes to guard and protect. The former is neither malice nor benevolent, while the latter cares deeply for us mortals because most of them started out as mortals themselves (historical figures with written acounts). Jiang Zi Ya is one of the lesser gods. He is also believed to be the head of all gods. Why the contradiction you ask? I can only suspect it's because he's on our side, he doesn't mind if we are small and insignificant and full of flaws. You don't need to learn any script or religious ritual to call upon him, you can be completely ordinary and he still cares. And most importantly, lesser gods can have limits, it's acceptable that they aren't perfect. In fact we prefer it this way because once they begin to see the "bigger picture" or the "greater good", it can only mean massive bloodshed among mortals.
Anyway, that's the Jiang Zi Ya I grew up knowing. And this movie portrays it successfully. To write about the struggle of a powerful god is difficult, and this movie has only done a mediocre job. But I'm perfectly happy to see my beloved god readapted on the big screen.
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- The Legend of Deification
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- Gross US & Canada
- $214,670
- Gross worldwide
- $240,646,355
- Runtime1 hour 50 minutes
- Color
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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