It is no coincidence that female lead Shu Qi, as Bayi’s love interest and teammate Shirley, sports the braided hair and familiar vest top and combats of Lara Croft, heroine of the Tomb Raider video games and portrayed twice onscreen by Angelina Jolie.
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The film clearly hopes to attract the same audiences that made Indiana Jones and The Mummy series international juggernauts, but an over-reliance on CGI and obvious sound stage work dilutes the film’s adventurous energy, which may ultimately keep crossover audiences at bay. The film’s performance in other diaspora markets, where it was released day-and-date by Well Go USA, has also been respectable (currently $1.2m in the US).
Mojin topped the charts in China last month, and has taken over $250m in its first three weeks - already doubling the take of Wuershan’s previous film. While the sub-par effects make it difficult to become fully immersed in the tomb raiding exploits of the Mojin, the r camaraderie between the central trio helps sustain the film’s momentum But when mysterious cult leader Madame Ying (Liu Xiao Qing) hires Wang (Huang) to return to their last site and seek out the powerful Equinox Flower, Bayi feels compelled to join him. Chen Kun, Shu Qi and Huang Bo star as the legendary “Mojin Xiaowei” adventurers, whose centuries-old team retires after Bayi (Chen) sees a hallucination of his long-dead first love while on a mission. After breaking box office records in China with his 2012 film, Painted Skin: The Resurrection, director Wuershan returns with the star-studded fantasy adventure Mojin - The Lost Legend, which follows a team of expert tomb raiders in search of a mythical stone that grants eternal life.
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