Iceman

Name: Iceman
Director: Law Wing-cheong
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-fi
Released: 2014
Duration: 1 h 44 min

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Action
Comedy

2014
Law Wing-cheong
104 mins
15

Summary

An imperial guard and his three traitorous childhood friends ordered to hunt him down get accidentally buried and kept frozen in time. 400 years later passes and they are defrosted continuing the battle they left behind.

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Review

A star rating of 2 out of 5.

Jamie Healy

A Ming dynasty warrior finds himself transported to modern-day Hong Kong in this blockbuster remake of another martial arts fantasy, Yuen Biao's The Iceman Cometh (1989). Donnie Yen stars as the Imperial bodyguard who is framed as a traitor and hunted by his former compatriots, only for a freak avalanche to freeze them all in time. There's fun to be had as Yen is awoken from his cryogenic slumber 400 years later, just in time for Halloween - the one day where his curious dress goes unnoticed. And the curry-hungry antics of his recently thawed pursuers adds further comic zing to proceedings. However, the jarring shifts between puerile fart gags and scenes of torture are seriously misjudged, and the ambitious action finale leans too heavily on CGI to generate any real excitement. Yet for all its inconsistencies - and perhaps because of its peculiarities - there is a desire to know where the story is headed, making the prospect of part two not entirely unwelcome.

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4.8/10