The film started off really great, and a full hour in I was really enjoying this. It was fun, and an interesting story to follow. It has a good set of actors, with Shu Qi as the highlight like always. The film has some nice location shoots in New York and Inner Mongolia, and make it very pleasing to watch. I was totally entertained.
But after about an hour the film changes course, they go into some catacombs and even the film is pretty much a fantasy from the beginning, it becomes it to the extreme. Suddenly the whole sets are CGi, and instead of enjoying the charm of Chinese cinema, it became somewhat dull. The film also has a good score. If not for the quite uninspiring second half of the film, it could have been great and one of the better Chinese films I've ever seen. Unfortunately it muddles that up, and end s being only good, a decent and entertaining watch, but not more.

B