Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Language
- CN
- Country
- Hong Kong SAR China
- Violence
- Moderate
- Frights
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- In CN — subtitles on.
The story
5th century western China: As constant civil wars scars the nation, to evade death, Ti, a young scout, jumps through a crevice in the Zu mountains where he becomes entangled in a great battle against the Blood Demon, a supernatural entity seeking to wreak havoc upon the world.
- martial arts
- tang dynasty
- demon
- wuxia
- 5th century
- celestial
- war
- magical weapons
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
Chang Mei / Red Army Soldier
Yuen Biao
Di Ming Qi / Dik Ming Kei
Adam Cheng Siu-Chow
Ding Yin / Ding Yan
Brigitte Lin
Ice Queen
- Moon Lee — Ice Queen's Guard
- Judy Ongg — Lady Li I-Chi
- Corey Yuen — Devil Disciple Leader
- Damian Lau Chung-Yan — Xiao Ru
- Mang Hoi — Yi Zhen / Yat Jan
- Ha Kwong-Li — Ji Wu Shuang / Chi Wu Chuang (uncredited)
- Paul Chung Fat — Blue Commander (uncredited)
- Dick Wei — Blue Commander (uncredited)
- Fung Hak-On — Evil Disciple (uncredited)
- Ka Lee — Orange Army Soldier (uncredited)
- Sai Gwa-Pau — Boatman (uncredited)
- Directed
- Tsui Hark
- Written
- Shui Chung-Yuet, Sze-To Cheuk-Hon
Production
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 · 99 ratings
- Studio
- Paragon Films
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