These actors- why!? The director has a handful of China's best actors at his disposal. Why does he just absolutely waste them like this? His shot choices were absolutely tragic; his involvement in the CGI clearly got them no where. There's a dragon in the first 20 minutes of the movie that they spent over a year on in CGI, but I'm so horribly sorry to say this but it looks cartoonish and tragic. The important places for CGI they absolutely jumped over and they clearly did not do a very good job with it. If you watch it and you're used to America's god-tier CGI like in the Avengers, then you're going to cringe incredibly hard.
Also, the script writers! What caffeinated beverage were they on? It's not cohesive, it's trying to tell too much of a story too quickly, and they're not doing a very good job of telling the already-simplified story they are supposed to tell. I'm sorely disappointed, especially with all the hype around it.
The actors in this are phenomenal with their acting. Xiao Zhan is absolutely amazing- he was good in the Untamed and he is absolutely phenomenal in this. His character is natural and flawless- I have nothing to pick about it.
Is it worth the hour and thirty minutes? Depends on how much you love Xiao Zhan, I suppose. If you're not a fan of his or how he looks in this movie, definitely don't because it's 100% not worth the watch. Even though for some reason there was so much hype around it, I'm sorely disappointed.