Qi Men Dun Jia 2 (2023)

A decent sequel to a decent movie

I quite enjoyed "Fantasy Magician" and this sequel is also quite nice.
You can really feel the low budget in how the story's quite small scale, not many locations, not many characters etc.
But that's fine - what's there actually looks surprisingly good. The props, costumes even the CG are solid.
The movie's also genuinely scary in places (especially at the beginning), it's well done horror.
Yeah, I'm not sure why I was surprised, but it's pretty neat. (again.)

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This is a sequel to Fantasy Magician which I haven't seen yet so I am doing this backwards.

The prequel was done in 2016 so it is considered old for me however, since this sequel is good, I will watch the prequel.

This film is supposedly shown jn Tencent app but I watched this in iQIYI as a paid subscriber. The title in iQIYI is FACES OF DUNJIA 2.

I enjoyed the CGI here. It was done well. It is convincingly gory on some but nothing too wild to accept. Mostly bugs as in spiders and flies.
The worst scene is the scene with the 1 month old baby; although nothing was shown and only inferred, I wish that scene wasn't included or maybe altered. In the beginning part of the movie, there was a scene of a young boy tho they added a line for viewers to know the boy didnt die, with the baby scene, they should have also added a line to let viewers know what happened. It became a plot hole.

You wont find beautiful, sweet and pretty wardrobe used in this film. Humor is light and will not invoke a laugh or chuckles. Romance is also light glossed over by a memory recalling.

You have to pay attention to the story until the very end because it will reveal a surprise. Even after the very end there is an added scene with the attempt to make viewers laugh, but it will make you smile at best.

Every artist did really well in portraying their role. The fight martial arts choreography is good with few close up hand fight choreography.

It was directed well and production did an excellent job with sets and props.

Overall I highly recommend to be watched. As for rewatch value, maybe as a weekend watch with friends and family, itll be alright to watch again.

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