The Legend of Zu
Director: Tsui Hark, Yuen Woo-ping
Genre: Martial arts, Adventure, Wuxia, World cinema, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Fantasy Adventure
Year: 2001
Country: Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese, Standard Mandarin, Standard Cantonese
Starring: Ekin Cheng, Sammo Hung, Zhang Ziyi, Kelly Lin, Louis Koo, Cecilia Cheung, Patrick Tam, Patrick Tam Yiu Man, Jacky Wu
The Legend of Zu, also known as Zu Warriors in the United States, is a 2001 Hong Kong film produced and directed by Tsui Hark. The film starred Ekin Cheng, Louis Koo, Cecilia Cheung, Patrick Tam, Zhang Ziyi and Sammo Hung. It is based on the same source as the 1983 film Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain.
The film is set in a mythical mountain range called Zu, which exists between Heaven and Earth. The mountains are populated by peace-keeping immortals. A demon called Insomnia desires to rule Zu and the world below; it begins wiping out the clans. In the Kunlun Mountains, Dawn sends away her disciple, King Sky. She believed their emotional attachment limits their abilities to progress. Dawn gives him her weapon, the Moon Orb, to help him train; he is to return only after attaining a higher level; if she cannot be found, the Moon Orb will find her. Moments after they parted, Insomnia attacks and disintegrates her.
200 years later, at Omei temple, Grandmaster White Brows senses darkness coming and dispatches his disciple, Red, to investigate. King Sky joins Red (old friends) and the Omei to defeat Insomnia. White Brows engages and weakens Insomnia with his weapon, the Sky Reflector;
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