White Snake [Movie Review]


White Snake [Movie Review] | When I read a comment in a FB group about the film, I immediately searched for it and watched it.

So, here's an animation fantasy film, full with martial arts goodness, flying goddess and ribbons as weapons - just the way I like it!

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SYNOPSIS

White Snake (2019) Trivia 

  • Simplified Title: 白蛇:缘起
  • Starring: Zhang Zhe, Yang Tianxiang
  • Directed by: Amp Wong, Zhao Ji
  • Produced by: Gary Wang, Gillian Zhao, Cui Di
  • Distributed by: Joy Pictures
  • Release date:January 11, 2019
  • Running time: 99 minutes
  • Rating:TV-MA
  • Country: China, United States
  • Language: Mandarin
  • Tomatometer: 70%
  • Metascore:60%
  • IMDb: 7.1/ 10
  • The film is a Chinese-American film that follows the Chinese fable (The Legend of the White Snake).
  • In late Tang Dynasty, court physicians found a peculiar snake that can be processed and used as medicine. Farmers hunted them in exchange for tax exemption. 
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The film follows a story of Blanca (the white snake) and Verta (the green snake), two sisters of Snake people. 

While on a mission to kill a general, Blanca was caught and injured while battling the general's aids. She fell into the river and lose her memories. Xuan, a snake catcher finds her and brings her to his village, the Snake Catcher Village. The entire village is enslaved by the general, tasked to look and bring snakes to his castle as he believes that snakes aid him in his quest for immortality and dark magic.

Reluctant to trust Xuan at first, slowly Blanca falling for his honest and innocent behaviour. While strolling in the village, the duo finds a jade hairpin with an inscription of where it was made. Determined to look for answer about the jade, the duo starts their journey to the workshop. 

At the workshop, the duo meets with the owner, who is a fox-demon, who shares that it was Blanca that brought the hairpin to her and using it could cause her memory loss.

Meanwhile, Verta is confronted by the Snake Master about her sister's whereabout. A snake has previously seen Blanca with Xuan and the entire snake people regards Blanca as traitor. Determined to prove that her sister is not a traitor, Verta willingly allow the Snake Master to embed Death Scales in her. She is to bring Blanca back in  three days or the Death Scales will kill her.

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On  their way back to village via sea, a snake demon appears and attack Xuan and Blanca. Blanca is forced to reveal her true self and defeat the demon but Xuan disregards the fact that she is a demon.

Verta meets Blanca and wants to bring her back to the village. But when she sees Xuan and recognises him as a snake catcher, Verta immediately attacks Xuan, to which Blanca fends her off to protect Xuan. During the fight, Xuan and Blanca fall into a hidden underground temple, where her memories return.

After escaping the temple, Blanca agrees to return to the snake village and Xuan must leave her as human and demon cannot be together. Xuan tells her to wait for him as he wants to find a way for them to be together.

Can the lovers stay together? And will Blanca carry on with her initial mission to kill the general, and succeed?

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MY REVIEW

Plot: 4.8/ 5.0 I am pleasantly surprised by the plot. The film is well-crafted with amazing martial arts choreography and my ancient Chinese martial arts fantasy is realised beautifully in the movie.

I love that the White Snake is not entirely useless while she was having memory loss, and slowly she gained her memories and abilities while protecting the very person that she was supposed to eliminate in the very first place.

The conflict and the love story makes me sad. Huhu.

Cast: 4.7/ 5.0 Don't know them but they delivered!

Will I Watch It Again: Yes, I don't mind watching it again.

The pictures are taken from multiple sources on the Internet. Thank you.

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5 Comments

  1. Nampak menarik, tapi sebab ular, walau katun pun, memang tak lerr haku nengoknya hahahaha.. takut mimpi oii..

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  2. Kite kalau filem animasi memang kita suka layan. Last haritu layan cite dragon Raya kat netflix. Yg ni ular pulak. Jap lagi harus kite tonton!

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  3. Jalan cerita dia macam best. Suka tengok animasi macam ni. Gambar cantik

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  4. Nanti nk cuba tengok movie nie. Walaupun cerita2 fantasi not really my thing, tp tengok jalan cerita mcm menarik

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  5. alaaa nak tgkla cerita ni.. nampak best.. suka dengan part plot twist..agak menarik

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