Three years after the infamous Dragon Inn was burnt down in the desert when its innkeeper Jade vanished. A new gang of marauders had taken over - innkeepers by day and treasure hunters by night. The inn is the rumoured location of a lost city buried under the desert, and its hidden treasure would only be revealed by a gigantic storm every 60 years. The gang used the inn as a front to locate the lost treasure.
Direction
Tsui Hark's 3D wuxia obsession produces bonkers sandstorm setpieces.
Acting
Chen Kun playing two dueling eunuchs with completely different energies.
Cinematography
Flying swords, flying people, flying debris—everything flies, beautifully.
Director
Tsui Hark
Jet Li
Chow Wai-on
Zhou Xun
Ling Yan Qiu
Chen Kun
Yu Huatian / Fengli Dao
Gwei Lun-mei
Chang Xiao Wen
Chris Lee Yuchun
Gu Shaotang
Louis Fan Siu-Wong
Ma Jinliang
Mavis Fan
Su Huirong
Du Yiheng
Ji Xueyong
Viann Zhang Xinyu
Imperial Consort Wan
Sheng Chien
Tan Luzi
Gordon Liu Chia-Hui
Eunuch Wan Yulou
Wang Shuangbao
Zhao Ping An
Sun Jiankui
Inn Boss Chai
Han Feixing
H'Tantga
Temur Gang
Tartar
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Jet Li's first 3D film and Tsui Hark's first 3D project—together again 18 years after the original Dragon Inn remake.
The film blends wuxia tradition with Hollywood blockbuster spectacle, reflecting China's 2010s push for globally competitive tentpole cinema.
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