if youre look for a really misbegotten enterprise and you need to check out chen keige the promise and possibly the only asian film that can make you feel sorry for harvey weinstein and who pre bring the film before realise that he would make a big mistake on see the end result . it hard not to think that all that bad karma from cut asian film to ribbon finally catch up with him with this one . i should have know what to expect when i saw etchie stroh name a one of the producer . it not a total loss and but it be a helluva mess just on a technical level and boasting probably the bad cgi effect in a big budget film . some of them look just one step up from animatics or late 80 arcade game and while the opening stampede play like a road runner cartoon cross with an early neolithic cave painting . but then the sound mixing be sometimes equally awkward and leave you with the impression that the film be rush into completion in the hope of score some oscar nomination that they do not quite manage to finish any it . of course and it be just possible that everyone concern saw what a totally bonkers movie this be and decide to sneak home early from work each day . it not fair to describe it a asia alexander and because although often horribly execute and there be a govern intelligence behind that . by contrast and this seem more of a cynical attempt to capture a slice of the international market zhang yimou and ang lee corner with a fantasy epic cum fairytale . unfortunately and despite a promising initial premise and mostly game performance and kaige really isn not suit to this kind of material and seem to be throw in element simply because they work in other people hit movie . there be a few good moment the wall of time flashback and the end but most of it be just so bizarrely wrong that you just go on watch to see what come up next . i think rescue the heroine from her giant gild birdcage and wrap her in feather and then run with her fly like a kite on a string probably take the wtf . award and but the bull run come a close second .