Is The Great Magician scary?

Somewhat. More frightening than 67% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Great Magician easy watching?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does The Great Magician end with hope?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Great Magician sad?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Great Magician violent?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

The Great Magician

Name: The Great Magician
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Released: 2011
Duration: 128 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Lau Ching-Wan, Zhou Xun, Yan Ni, Wu Gang

Directed by Derek Yee Tung-Sing

Produced by Film Unlimited, Bona Entertainment

2011128 min6.0 / 10

A period mystery-drama set amid warlord-era China, where a magician's return to rescue a lost love becomes entangled with political intrigue and deception.

In the years after the Revolution, China broken up into fiefdoms held by warlords, who are busy fighting each other. One warlord has imprisoned a girl and wants her to be his seventh wife, but he's too honorable to force her. The local revolutionaries wants to kill him and bring back the republic. But when a stranger returns from abroad with mastery of magic to recover the girl he loved, who is tricking whom and who will win at the end?

Clusters

Sincere Fantasy Adventures Forbidden Love Stories Adventure, Honor, and Hard-Won Loyalty Fantasy Versus Reality Period Setting By Decade

Genres

Drama Mystery

Keywords

1920s Magician

Questions people ask

Is The Great Magician scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 67% of films.
Is The Great Magician easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Does The Great Magician end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is The Great Magician sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is The Great Magician violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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