A WRITER'S ODYSSEY tells the story of Kongwen Lu (Dong Zijian), the author of a fantasy novel series following a heroic teenager, also named Kongwen, on a quest to end the tyrannical rule of Lord Redmane, under the guidance of a Black Armor (Guo Jingfei). But through a strange twist of fate, the fantasy world of the novel begins to impact life in the real world, leading Guan Ning (Lei Jiayin) to accept a mission from Tu Ling (Yang Mi) to kill the author.... (Full plot summary below)
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A WRITER'S ODYSSEY tells the story of Kongwen Lu (Dong Zijian), the author of a fantasy novel series following a heroic teenager, also named Kongwen, on a quest to end the tyrannical rule of Lord Redmane, under the guidance of a Black Armor (Guo Jingfei). But through a strange twist of fate, the fantasy world of the novel begins to impact life in the real world, leading Guan Ning (Lei Jiayin) to accept a mission from Tu Ling (Yang Mi) to kill the author.
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| Screen DailyJohn BerraThe result often verges on sensory overload but is nonetheless largely coherent and frequently inventive while evincing a determinedly dark sensibility. |
| Film ThreatAlex SavelievYang seems to have embarked on his own writer’s odyssey, going for broke, with a substantial studio budget to help visualize his dreams. There’s no doubting the creativity he displays in A Writer’s Odyssey; he could, however, work on coherence and restraint. |
| VarietyRichard Kuipers“Odyssey” is packed with stunning sights including a 50-ft., four-armed CGI villain but is let down by a script that fails to fashion promising story elements into a consistently compelling whole. |
| User ReviewAsclepiusAt first, this film might seem like a bit of a mish-mash. Is it a drama, a superhero movie, a mystery, or a tale of high fantasy? The answer is that it's all of these, and it actually pulls it off. The writing is a bit stilted in places, but overall fantastic, and they avoided leaning on beautiful visuals to carry the film. Worth your time. |
