Updated March 13, 2025 by David Heath: Picking out which Chinese martial arts movies are the best is like trying to find the best-looking grains of sand on a beach. Chinese cinema is full of a ...

There is no world-building here in the same sense as in movies from Marvel or Pixar. Chinese writer-director Jiaozi, who also made the first film, does not spoonfeed backstory. Nor does he ground ...