Written and directed by Lu Yang, A Writter's Odyssey is a 2021 film that stars Lei Jaiyin, Dong Zijian(Mountains May Depart), Yang Mi, and more. The film was based off two novels by author Shuang Xuetao. When the film was released on lunar new year, the film was met with positive response and continued to have good opinions even in the west.
A man with the power to control the speed of throwing rocks, searches for his daughter since he believes that she is trapped in a mystical world.... The world is being created by a man online.....
Let start off by saying that A Writer's Odyssey has effects that look the best that has been seen in years. The monsters and suits look almost up to pair with Hollywood so seeing how far China has come in the last few years makes my happy. Their graphics used to look like they were created on a Widows 98 computer, which says a lot coming for a country that's suppose tp have the biggest economic success. It was said that it took two years just to work on the effects alone and it defiantly shows. You will be engaged watching the action sequences the times that they do occur. What the problem was for me is that these sequences don't occur enough in the film. Viewers have to kinda work for it because over half of the film is storyline happening in the "real world". Viewpoint for both worlds switch back and forth while seeming to stay more on the side of reality, Theres a good mixture in flow of comedy, action, and mystery but, you get more story building than anything else until the last few scenes of the film. That's not a bad thing as A Writer's Odyssey will keep you interested throughout with it's drama mystery that ties back to a fictional world. It's done quite well I might add....
There's a good group of characters that are there and you don't feel close to any of them really. You will only care about the missing daughter..... Everyone else was kinda of there for a purpose however, the plot doesn't focus on you getting to know these characters. Instead you learn about how they fit into the fictional world. The acting was alright. The cast wasn't give much to work with because the CGI God had the best performance out of everyone.
I recommend this film to people who want to see the best that China has to offer after years of those horrible fake looking Jackie Chan/martial art films. A Writer's Odyssey looks great and you will enjoy the pace of the film.
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