In theaters from April 1, project The Seven Holy Demons (considered a new version of Journey to the west ) has a disastrous sales record, after the first 3 days it only earned 140 thousand yuan. The project starring Nguyen Biao and Clara Lee became a huge disappointment, with Maoyan commenting that it would only earn less than 1 million yuan in total.
Worth mentioning according to QQ, The Seven Holy Demons has been in production since 2020, with an investment cost of up to 200 million yuan (nearly 700 billion VND). With the “modest” revenue mentioned above, the film crew hardly earns any money if the “sharing” fee with the theater is included, and even faces a loss equal to the production budget.
Some scenes from the movie
On Douban, the audience simultaneously gave the film 1 star, saying that this was the worst, most disastrous “imitation” version of the story ever. Journey to the west classic. In essence, the plot of The Seven Holy Demons happened after Tang Tang and his disciples successfully requested sutras. At this time, Buddha Tathagata asked Sun Wukong to punish a demon who was destroying the heavenly palace. Feeling that his magic power was too great, Sun Wukong gathered 6 more disciples at Hoa Qua Son, forming the group Seven Saints.
However, the Seven Saints were quickly defeated, Sun Wukong was imprisoned and his 6 disciples were reincarnated. Now, an ordinary boy with a “fairy bone” is assigned the task of gathering 6 disciples, together rescuing Sun Wukong and eliminating demons.
The image of Sun Wukong was strongly criticized
Netizens think that the movie’s content is quite boring, even nonsense, and has nothing to do with it Journey to the west . In addition, the film’s effects are also bad, making Sun Wukong’s appearance look ugly and ridiculous.
In addition, the acting of Nguyen Biao and Clara Lee in the film is also poor. Nguyen Biao was promoted as the male lead, but the whole movie just sat in one place, playing the role of the Jade Emperor.
Nguyen Biao is the male lead but has little time, he always sits in one place
Clara Lee continues to make “mobile vases”
Meanwhile, Clara Lee plays the role of a female lover but only shows “skin” mainly. Her fighting scenes are extremely sloppy and boring. This continues to be a terrible performance of the Korean “mobile flower vase”, adding to her treasure trove of trash films over the years of “encroaching” on the Chinese market.
