Period plece. 1920s china. A local warlord is trying to impress his newest wife. She is not impressed by his position. So he resorts to magic to impress her. But who is trying to impress who? And who is in the position of power? A modern take on a very ancient battle in china. The regional warlords actually won out when there wasn't a unified china, so they are hoping to stay independent as long as possible. First complaint: white captions on white background....?? Really, netflix?? We've been doing caption for forty years now. Haven't we learned anything?? I missed so much of this, just due to bad captions! And some of this was just trick photography. I would have been more impressed if they had stuck to magician's trickery. The general wants to impress the new wife with magic, but she's a tough audience. Stars the awesome tony teung chiu wai. See him in something else... he's done so many better projects! Directed by tung shing yee.
Review of The Great Magician
