Two 1000 year-old snake demons, one white and one green are traveling together. They come across a group of men gathering
herbs on a steep hillside. The
white snake rescues one of the young herbalists from drowning and she wants to
change into a woman in order to see him again. The green snake doesn’t think this is a good idea but she
does the same thing to try to meet the same man. The white snake woman falls in love with the man and they
marry. The green snake remains
nearby to keep an eye on the white snake woman. When a master monk discovers what is going on, he gives the white
snake woman a warning. She must leave the
man or he will destroy her if he sees her again. He wants to save the soul of this man from the demon. A contest of psychic powers results
in major mayhem.
This is
a very different movie with a lot of computer-generated images and based on
Chinese Folklore. At first I
didn’t know if I would be able to keep watching this or if it was worth it but
it gets better as it goes along.
3* (This movie is OK)
93 min, Action directed by Tony Ching Siu-Tung Ching and
SiuTung Ching with Jet Li, Shengyi Huang, Raymond Lam Fung, Charlene Choi, Zhang Wen, Vivian Hsu, Miriam Yeung Chin Wah, Kar-Ying Law.
Note:
Blockbuster 3 ½*, imdb 5.7 out of 10, 27% critic 50% audience on Rotten
Tomatoes.
Special Note:
There have been other earlier movies with this snake theme. Madame White Snake 1956, Panda and the
Magic Serpent 1958, Madam White Snake 1960, Bai she zhun 1962, Ching se 1993,
Legend of the Snake Spirits 2001, TV Series.
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