Simultaneously overblown and underdeveloped, "Iceman" fails equally at showcasing the talent of its star and resolving its baroque plot.
Iceman(冰封俠:重生之門)
China, Hong Kong · 2014
Rated R · 1h 44m
Director Law Wing-cheong
Starring Donnie Yen, Baoqiang Wang, Eva Huang, Simon Yam
Genre Adventure, Action, Science Fiction, Comedy, Fantasy
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In the Ming Dynasty, there lives four orphans, Ying, Sao, Yuanlong and Niehu. Raised in Taoyuan Village, the four are as closed as brothers. Their exceptional martial arts skills allows them to reach the highest rank within the imperial guards. After the four successfully killed the Japanese troop leader, the Emperor orders Ying to escort the Golden Wheel of Time from Sindu (now India) back to the capital, which is said to have the power of time travel and foresee into the future. Now in 2013, Squire Tang, funded by a mysterious financer, digs up three ancient icemen from the outskirt of China; they are Ying, Sao and Niehu. As he is transferring the icemen to Hong Kong for further studies, the vehicle involves in a traffic accident which, unexpectedly, defrosts Ying...
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The New York Times by Andy Webster
Best of all, Mr. Law doesn’t skimp on wide-screen compositions; this is one movie designed for the theater, not the couch.
The story is unnecessarily muddled and confusing in the telling, and the athletically gifted Yen is overshadowed by largely mediocre CGI effects. Revisit the original instead.
The Dissolve by Matthew Dessem
A poorly stitched together Frankenstein’s monster of a film: crass one moment, grandiose the next, and dead from head to toe.
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