Rotten
Murky, third-rate martial-arts film.
Anita Gates, New York Times
The Era of Vampires
Five heroes. A coven of vampires. A lot of bad blood.
2003 · 1h 52m · R
Action, Horror
Directed by
Wellson Chin Sing-Wai
Overview
In 17th century China, zombies and vampires roamed the lands, feeding on the unsuspecting. A group of martial artists / vampire hunters find themselves employed by a very rich - and very insane - old man who has kept everyone of his relatives preserved in wax and not buried. Apparently it is his family's tradition. So, having generations of potential zombies in your cellar may not be the smartest idea ever, but it takes two to tango. In this case, a thief wants the old-man's treasure and hires a zombie-wrangler to re-animate the waxed up relatives in order to sneak into the mansion and steal the treasure. It's up to the kung-fu fighting vampire hunters to save the day (or night).
Director and cast
- Wellson Chin Sing-Wai Director
- Alan Chan Kwok-Kuen as Choi
- Ken Chang Tzu-Yao as Hei
- Lam Suet as Kung
- Michael Chow Man-Kin as Fat
- Yu Rongguang as Master Jiang
- Horace Lee as Dragon Tang
- Chun Hua Ji as Master Mao Shan
- Chen Kuan-Tai as Zombie Wrangler
- Lee Lik-Chi as Maggiordomo
- Wang Zhen Lin as Young Maser Jiang
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
29%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The thrill is mostly gone in this supernatural mess.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Rotten
Project has the stench less of rotting flesh than the whiff of a thoughtless quickie.
Robert Koehler, Variety
Rotten
Pleasantly cheesy but undistinguished martial-arts and horror fare.
Jami Bernard, New York Daily News
Rotten
You begin to realize that whatever name they want to give this dish, the chief ingredients remain ham, cheese and corn.
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
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