''A Writer's Odyssey'' () is a 2021 Chinese action-adventure fantasy film directed and written by

Lu Yang Lu Yang (; born 1979) is a Chinese film director and screenwriter best known for his works '' My Spectacular Theatre'', ''Brotherhood of Blades'' and '' Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield''. Early life and education A native ...

and produced by

Ning Hao Ning Hao (; born 9 September 1977) is a Chinese film director. Ning studied at the Taiyuan Film School, where he majored in scenic design. He later transferred to the Art Department of Peking University. Ning eventually graduated from the Beij ...

. The film was released February 12, 2021, on the Lunar New Year. The film is based on Shuang Xuetao's novel of the same name, and its sequel ''Godslayer''.

Plot

The film follows Guan Ning as he searches for his daughter, believing her to be kidnapped by human traffickers. Soon, a powerful corporation contacts him and offers to find his daughter if he assassinates Lu Kongwen, a young novelist. The plot of his novel involves a young hero attempting to overthrow Redmane, their tyrannical ruler. Somehow, the novel appears to be impacting life in the real world, and the CEO, who suspects it as his bane, wants Lu dead.

Cast

* Lei Jiayin as Guan Ning *

Yang Mi Yang Mi (, born 12 September 1986) is a Chinese actress and singer. She made her acting debut in historical television series '' Tang Ming Huang'', and later received recognition for her leading roles in various television series such as ''Wang Zha ...

as Tu Ling *

Dong Zijian Dong Zijian (, born 19 December 1993) is a Chinese actor. He is best known for his roles in ''Young Style'' (2013), '' Mountains May Depart'' (2015), ''De Lan'' (2015) and '' At Cafe 6'' (2016). Early life and education Dong is born in Beijing, ...

as Kongwen Lu, the novelist *

Tong Liya Tong Liya ( zh, 佟丽娅, born 8 August 1983) is a Chinese actress of Xibe ethnicity. Background Tong was born in Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang province. Her father Tong Jisheng () was of Xibe ethni ...

* Hewei Yu * Guo Jingfei as Black Armor

Production

Post-production lasted over two years.

Reception

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, the film holds an approval rating of 92% based of 12 reviews, with an average rating of 7.2/10. Harris Dang of the ''AU Review'' gave the film 3.5/5 stars and wrote: "Overall, ''A Writer's Odyssey'' is an entertaining thrill ride that provides enough wild action, energy, creativity, and visual splendor to satisfy audiences." Richard Kuipers of ''Variety'' said "''Odyssey'' is packed with stunning sights including a 50-ft., four-armed CGI villain but is let down by a script that fails to fashion promising story elements into a consistently compelling whole." Narayan Liu of

CBR.com ''Comic Book Resources'', also known by the initialism CBR, is a website dedicated to the coverage of comic book–related news and discussion. History Comic Book Resources was founded by Jonah Weiland in 1995 as a development of the Kingdom Co ...

gave the film a positive review, praising its visuals, while noting the weak characterization. Lim Yian Lu of '' Yahoo! Singapore'' gave the film a positive review, describing it as a "a great action film to watch." Tay Yek Keak of ''

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'' gave the film a more negative review, describing it as "basically a viewer's ordeal."

Accolades

References

External links

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