Joey Wang, Maggie Cheung

In this romantic fantasy from Tsui Hark (A Chinese Ghost Story), after 1,500 years of training, two sexy snake demons (Maggie Cheung, Joey Wong) take human form to experience mortal men. Fueled by hun...( read more  read more... )dred of years of longing, their boundless desire leads them into many love-hate relationships. Exploring themes of pride and morality, the film received Hong Kong Film Award nominations for art direction, costumes and score.

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Unrated, 98 min.

Directed by: Hark Tsui

Release Date: January 1, 1993

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DVD Release Date: April 17, 2001

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  • January 13, 2008
    A couple of minutes into this movie, after seeing a group of deformed humans, a butcher's cart filled with dead animals (animals are a big part of the film) and a monk catches a spider trying to be a human and punishes him by trapping him in a pot and lifting a gondola and chucki...( read more)ng him under it, I nodded to myself and smiled knowing I had made the right choice in renting this one. Great, bizzaro film.
  • October 21, 2009
    Based on ancient Chinese mythologies of two snakes turned into human. Wen-Zhuo Zhao aka Vicent Zhao (The monk) was supposed to be the second Jet Li. For some reason he wasn't as popular world-wide as Jet Li. His martial art skills is no less than Jet Li, actually, if not, better.
  • October 15, 2007
    Even with the terrible FX, very intriguing.
  • July 21, 2007
    The first time I saw it, I rememered thinking it was awesome, but a subsequent viewing made me realize it was simply average. Tsui Hark shows off some of his early skills on a shoestring budget... the plot is pretty interesting and there are some fairly crazy shit going on here, ...( read more)but it just drags on and moves kinda slow.
  • June 29, 2007
    Lovely snake sisters wanting to be human and love story. The scenery is beautiful and soft.
  • April 13, 2007
    interesting...a terribly difficult film to make and the directing is sublime. surrender your imagination and enjoy.
  • December 11, 2006
    i would like to see this

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