Reluctantly, and with the relationship between Hu Bayi and the third member of their group, Shirley Yang (Shu Qi), hanging over their heads, the three Mojin venture back to China in search of a Mongolian tomb.
He and his partner Wang Kaixuan (Huang Bo) struggle to make ends meet as homeless street vendors in America, when they're approached with a monumental job offer - delivered from a wealthy religious zealot - that lures them back in the game. Shortly after their introduction, however, we learn of their retirement after a particularly traumatic job, one that left Hu Bayi (Chen Kun), their leader, in a burdened mental state.
#I mojin the lost legend professional#
Loosely based on a fantasy novel series, Mojin: The Lost Legend centers on a group of professional treasure-seekers with gifted abilities and certain rules about their plundering, who are also longstanding friends spanning some twenty years. Unfortunately, it also conjures the more obnoxious side of that type of cinema - trivial plotting, awkward flashbacks for back-story, and gawky humor - resulting in a bloated and stilted descent into the caverns of fantastical excess. Adorned with vivacious special effects and a supernatural spirit, the director's latest feature, Mojin: The Lost Legend, filters the mannerisms of a distinctly Western blockbuster adventure into a Chinese-language production, recalling the likes of The Mummy and Tomb Raider franchises in its mythical character-building and excavation for a long lost, magical relic. Chinese director Wuershan, whose creativity was responsible for the visually dazzling but otherwise lackluster Painted Skin: The Resurrection, obviously understands the appeal.
It's such a straightforward and worn-out premise, but there's something effortlessly intriguing about watching a group of professional treasure-seekers break into an ancient, mysterious place with unpredictable obstacles awaiting them.
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