The Sorcerer and the White Snake

Director: Tony Siu-Tung Ching, Siu-Tung Ching Tony Siu-Tung Ching

Overview

When an herbalist falls for a 1000-year-old white snake masquerading as a woman and finds his life turned upside down, a sorcerer (Jet Li) must face treachery and deception in order to save his crumbling kingdom and the young man's soul.

Product Details

Release Date:	04/09/2013
UPC:	0876964005418
Original Release:	2011
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	Magnolia Home Ent
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:33:00

Special Features

Behind the scenes with Jet Li: fighting, stunts & laughs; Behind the scenes: visual effects and production design; Behind the scenes of the beauties and the beasts; AXS TV: A look at The Sorcerer And The White Snake; Theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Jet Li	Fa Hai
Raymond Lam	Xu Xian
Charlene Choi	Green Snake
Vivian Hsu	Ice Harpy
Zhang Wen	Neng Ren
Shengyi Huang	White Snake
Raymond Fung	Actor
Mark Liu	Composer

Technical Credits

Zhang Tan

Szeto Cheuk Hon

Tsang Ken-cheong

Tan Cheung

Tony Siu-Tung Ching	Director,Director
Zhang Tan	Screenwriter
Szeto Cheuk Hon	Screenwriter
Tsang Ken-cheong	Screenwriter
Chui Po Chu	Producer
Yang Zi	Executive Producer
Bo-Chu Chui	Producer
Tan Cheung	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

A wonderful big-budget fantasy adventure awaits audiences with The Sorcerer and the White Snake, the latest kung fu epic from star Jet Li and his legendary Swordsman II director, Tony Ching Siu-Tung. Humor, romance, talking animals, and wild, fantastical fighting are all on display here, with Li taking center stage as an elder monk caught up in a love affair between herbalist Xu Xian (Raymond Lam) and the White Snake (Eva Huang), who falls for the human after her fellow demon Green Snake (Charlene Choi) almost kills him. The film's universe is one where humans and ghouls coexist on the same Earth, even if they are from different dimensions. A monk named Fa Hai (Li) acts as a sort of Ghostbuster, hunting down and trapping demons until they find peace with the ills they have done. When his right-hand man Neng Ren (Zhang Wen in a standout comic performance) is bitten by a bat demon, Hai's world begins to turn upside down. As a plague of monster-related incidents wreak havoc on his land, the monk learns that the doctor in town (Lam) is married to a demon, which spurs a fight to keep the two species separate -- one that will test Hai's prejudice against human/demon love. The plot description hints at how out there and steeped in Asian myths the film is, though it doesn't begin to touch how offbeat it is. Once a rabbit, a mouse, and a turtle show up onscreen and start talking, it's game on for absurdity. Yet there's still a poetic voice guiding the movie, which is quite rich and picturesque. Underlying it all is a tragic romance that spurs the drama, with no tangible villain in sight save for the few monsters that show up (including a bat demon that Li fights in a stellar sequence set in a volcano!). The end might push the cheesy love elements a bit too much, but it by no means lessens how fun the rest of the picture is.