Kun Chen, Betty Sun, Xun Zhou

An action-thriller centered on a vampire-like woman who eats the skins and hearts of her lovers.

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Directed by: Gordon Chan

Release Date: September 25, 2008

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DVD Release Date: December 16, 2008

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  • September 23, 2008
    Not as dumb as you wouldda thought.
  • November 1, 2009
    sounded and looked nice~~~
    very fictional and also like chinese folktale...
    reaally wanna see it!!!!!
  • October 26, 2009
    Donnie Yen is one of my favourite martial artists, but this film isn't one of his greatest. I was a bit disapointed with it. None of the characters seem that interesting. I didn't mind the plot, i thought it was interesting at part. The fight scenes were decent, but I think they ...( read more)could have been better considering they had Donnie Yen to work with. They used the make up well, i got scared by the appearance of some of the scary chix. The acting is ok. Nothing outstanding though. Donnie Yen is worthy of better things, and this isn't one of them.
  • August 11, 2009
    I like the MS from this movies
  • February 22, 2009
    Wow! Director Gordan Chan has a gem on his hands with Painted Skin. This film spreads across a good amount of genres including: martial arts, horror, drama, romance, and thriller. The nice thing about this is that Chan is able to blend all these things together into a s...( read more)mooth picture.

    The story is alluring and marvelously told. The film uses simple fade outs effectively to transition to different sets of characters or scenes. This is also consistent throughout the entire picture, along with the well done soundtrack.

    The pacing is rather slow, however the 100 minutes isn't bland. The film never seems to drag at any one segment for too long and the camerawork boosts the movie visually.

    The martial arts is very few and this is just a tad disappointing since Donnie Yen is in here. As I previously mentioned though, there are a lot of genres to this picture and none of them overpowers the other. This isn't a scary or gory film, but there are a few horror type elements that show up.

    Donnie Yen is probably the biggest name in here, however most of the film revolves around Kun Chen. The interesting thing is that Donnie puts on one of his better ACTING performances while the martial arts takes a back seat. The 3 beautiful ladies of this film are Zhou Xun, Betty Sun, and Zhao Wei. All do splendid jobs with their characters.

    Painted Skin is a film with everything going for it and is a must see for Hong Kong movie fans.

  • January 10, 2009
    No thankyou - Not interested.
  • January 3, 2009
    The description is so odd, yet interesting.
  • December 21, 2008
    soooo good
    it's not really a horror film. more like a supernatural-ish kind of love story
    ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT!!!
  • December 12, 2008
    Impresively...... another level of love, touching the very fragile part of the hearts....
  • December 11, 2008
    action and funny..
    great one...

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