![]() Their story is thought-provoking, full of secrets to uncover and questions to answer about mankind’s desperate last attempt at survival. I would be willing to see these filmmakers do another movie, but only as long as they were working with a much better script.But the tribe’s powers extend far beyond their physical strength. As a result, the movie is very unsatisfying. But with such a muddled narrative, it's hard to care for the characters or what is happening. The movie is well shot, fairly fast-paced despite its length, and it never gets to the point of being boring. though I suspect the third possible explanation is the answer. I don't know if the confusion was due to translation problems, a necessity to know Chinese culture well, or simply bad writing. Some of these head-scratching moments are eventually answered (kind of), but new murky touches come up to take their place. There are a ton of unanswered questions and mysterious plot developments. The first fifteen minutes are pretty coherent, but after that point, the movie becomes extremely muddled. However, I did have a big problem with the script. And even though the special effects were kind of erratic, I didn't really have a problem with them as well. I didn't have a problem with the Chinese propaganda (every national cinema has films that trumpet their culture). However, there are definitely times when these foreign films can be as bad as the worst to come from Hollywood, and "Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe" is one such movie. ![]() It's interesting to watch foreign movies that attempt to compete with Hollywood blockbusters, because sometimes you can find some entertaining movies that do things differently while being entertaining. ![]()
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