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Le sorcier et le serpent blanc

Original title: Bai she chuan shuo
  • 2011
  • PG-13
  • 1h 42m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
9.2K
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Le sorcier et le serpent blanc (2011)
A sorcerer fights for the soul of a young physician who has fallen in love with a woman whose true identity is that of Madame White Snake, a thousand-year-old snake demon.
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Martial ArtsActionFantasyRomance

A master monk tries to protect a naive young physician from a thousand-year-old snake demon. A contest of psychic powers results in mayhem.A master monk tries to protect a naive young physician from a thousand-year-old snake demon. A contest of psychic powers results in mayhem.A master monk tries to protect a naive young physician from a thousand-year-old snake demon. A contest of psychic powers results in mayhem.

  • Director
    • Siu-Tung Ching
  • Writer
    • Tan Cheung
  • Stars
    • Jet Li
    • Shengyi Huang
    • Raymond Lam
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.8/10
    9.2K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Siu-Tung Ching
    • Writer
      • Tan Cheung
    • Stars
      • Jet Li
      • Shengyi Huang
      • Raymond Lam
    • 44User reviews
    • 70Critic reviews
    • 41Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 4 nominations total

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    Jet Li
    Jet Li
    • Abott Fahai
    Shengyi Huang
    Shengyi Huang
    • White Snake
    • (as Eva Huang)
    Raymond Lam
    Raymond Lam
    • Xu Xian
    Charlene Choi
    Charlene Choi
    • Green Snake
    Zhang Wen
    Zhang Wen
    • Neng Ren
    Vivian Hsu
    Vivian Hsu
    • Ice Harpy
    Miriam Yeung
    Miriam Yeung
    • Rabbit
    • (voice)
    • (as Miriam Chin-Wah Yeung)
    Kar-Ying Law
    Kar-Ying Law
    • Mysterious Herbalist
    Suet Lam
    Suet Lam
    • Chicken
    • (voice)
    Chapman To
    Chapman To
    • Toad
    Wu Jiang
    Wu Jiang
    • Tortoise
    • (voice)
    Hailong Bai
    • Fahai's Demon Hunter
    Soi Cheang
    Soi Cheang
    • Tortoise
    • (voice)
    • (as Soi Cheang Pou-Soi)
    Ran Chen
    • Fox Demon
    Tat-Ming Cheung
    Tat-Ming Cheung
    • Neng Ren
    • (voice)
    Ziyuan Fang
    • Fox Demon
    Haibo Gao
    • Herb Picker
    • (as Hai-Bo Gao)
    Dong Han
    Dong Han
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    • Director
      • Siu-Tung Ching
    • Writer
      • Tan Cheung
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    User reviews44

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    darkrose0218

    A must see for the genre

    When I saw the preview to The Sorcerer and the White Snake I knew I had to see it. If you're a fan of movies like "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon", "House of Flying Daggers" and "A Chinese Love Story" then you need to give this movie a go! The one fall back in this movie is the CGI work, but I'm sure the producers are also less than happy. The movie had AMAZING potential if the special effects were at a high production value. With that being said, the story line is heart warming and easy to fall in love it, a classic tale of the forbidden love between humans and demons. At the end of this movie you could feel a slight bit of joy and sadness rolled up into one.

    Make an effort to look past the bad CGI (which mind you could still be a lot worse), and you could have a movie in your library that you fully intend to revisit.
    9csadler302

    Beautiful, one of Jet Li's best

    After reading some lukewarm and scalding reviews, I was going to pass on this movie. I'm so glad I didn't. While I see the flaws that some reviewers point out, the CGI and fantasy settings were so beautiful and Jet Li's fight sequences so breathtakingly spectacular, that I loved this movie!! Jet Li played the powerful sorcerer-monk to perfection with that inner-calm thing he does so well. The magical and majestic action sequences had me cheering and rewinding several times. They were fresh, unusual and epic. This is now one of my favorite Jet Li movies and I'm already a huge fan.

    I loved the fabled-love story thing as well. The characters were likable, including the green and white snakes and I found myself rooting for them. As a chick who loves romantic, fantasy martial arts, this was a beautiful blend of what I love most in a movie.

    Just beautiful!
    changmoh

    It's Just a CGI feast with Jet Li In It!

    This is another adaptation of the White Snake myth of forbidden love between humans and demons but the good news is that it is hyped up with so much CGI wizardry that it looks almost like an "Avatar" clone, complete with copious amounts of 'wire-fu'. However, the bad news is that director Tony Chin sees it fit to keep the film's IQ at kiddie level with talking mice and clownish rabbits.

    What's more is that Jet Li, obviously the star attraction here, is caught in a difficult position, having to mouth silly lines and perform unintentionally funny stunts instead of actual kungfu.

    Like in A Chinese Ghost Story, we have a tale of young herbalist Xu Xian (Raymond Lam) and a thousand-year-old snake demon (played by Eva Huang Shengyi). It all starts with an underwater kiss with which the sexy snake incarnate rescues the hapless young man from drowning. After that, she continues to pursue him, against the advice of her close friend Green Snake (Charlene Choi) - until he agrees to marry her.

    The match is against the law of nature and sorcerer Fa Hai (Jet Li) of Jinshang temple has sworn to trap and slay all such demons before they wreak havoc on the villagers. Trouble is, the kind-hearted Xu Xian has befriended the sorcerer monk and slaying the White Snake would hurt her innocent hubby.

    The spectacular opening sequences of a battle between Fa Hai and the Ice Witch (Vivian Hsu) gives us a taste of what is to come. One thing we can be sure of is that Tony Chin spares no expense over the sets and period setting that provide a deliciously rich fantasy just like those of Jame Cameron's "Avatar" and Tim Burton's "Alice In Wonderland". The animation is a bit tacky though, considering how far CGI has gone today.

    Still, the make-or-break factor in any romance flick is the performance of its leads and here Eva Huang and Raymond Lam are not just a good-looking couple but they managed to look like young lovers. Juxtaposed against them are the ghoulish and comical relationship between Charlene Choi's Green Snake and Wen Zhang's novie monk Nen Reng who gets 'converted' to the other side early in the movie. Other stars to look out for include Chapman To, Miriam Yeung and Lam Suet who seem to be having fun playing childish farmyard characters like chickens and rabbits. Nothing to be excited with this CGI extravaganza with Jet Li in it. (limchangmoh.blogspot.com)
    8siderite

    Nice Chinese fairytale. Nothing too fancy, though

    So many people reviewed this as bad and I will be damned if I understand why. The story is that of an old Chinese legend (well, a more modern interpretation), the actresses are very beautiful and the acting, for what it's worth, is not bad either. To bash a movie because the CGI is a little choppy and Jet Li fights magically instead of kicking behinds seems the height of triviality.

    The Legend of the White Snake starts a long time ago, way before there was a written version. The original is quite different from the modern version as well, being a horror story about a demon tricking a human to fall in love with her and her jealous demon buddies are doing everything in their power to break them up. At least this is what I got from Wikipedia. The film, though, presents it as a total love story where the White Snake and her sister are benevolent demons who visit the human world and eventually fall for two guys. The natural order, represented by the Buddhist monk Fahai, a non compromising demon hunter, doesn't allow this type of union and eventually it all escalates into a bad CGI extravaganza.

    I thought the morality of the story was a little bit confusing, but complex, worthy of a script. Nothing is completely black and white and in the end the message is tolerance, even if not everything turns out OK. This complexity has kept my eyes glued to the screen until the end. Yes, the CGI could have been better, but who really cares about that?

    Bottom line: I liked it. Popularizes a Chinese legend that I knew nothing about, shows people that a film can have a complex story that is not just black and white, stars really cute Chinese ladies and in end was quite entertaining for me. No masterpiece, but really better than average.
    9iloveprimenumbers

    Wonderful, Magical Movie!

    I simply loved the magical moves and powers displayed in this movie. I thought they were very imaginative and just spectacular! These kind of movies spark the imagination and, I believe, are more than worth watching, just for that. The fight sequences were some of the best I've ever seen. That alone would have been enough to make a very good movie. But the romance was perfect too! As I was watching it, I just kept thinking, "Oh my goodness, this is so awesome! This is the best movie I've ever seen, so far!" The only reason I give it a 9 and not 10/10 is the ending. So as not to spoil anything I will only say that I understand why they ended it the way they did, and in a way that is perfect for the kind of movie they were trying to make, so you might indeed like it, but that part was not perfect for me.

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    • Trivia
      Actor Jet Li complained that this was his most tiring role to date because he had to hold back every punch against his opponents (mostly women with no martial art background) while they went all out on him.
    • Quotes

      Xu Xian: Can meet with you, I don't what good luck had struck me. Just because of your single kiss I believe that the wheels of fate had turned. Just because of that moment, the moment was filled with sweet and happiness. From now on, every minute and every moment, I will protect you always and let you happy for life.

    • Connections
      Version of Byaku fujin no yôren (1956)
    • Soundtracks
      Promise
      Performed by Raymond Lam And Eva Huang

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    • Release date
      • September 28, 2011 (China)
    • Countries of origin
      • China
      • Hong Kong
    • Language
      • Mandarin
    • Also known as
      • The Sorcerer and the White Snake
    • Production company
      • Juli Entertainment Media
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • HK$200,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $18,759
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $5,530
      • Feb 10, 2013
    • Gross worldwide
      • $29,668,475
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 42 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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