original Chinese title YI SHOU ZHANCHANG
{Battlefield of the Alien Beasts)
director Shixing
Xu
starring Zhang Meng (Lemon Meng) · Gu Jing · Yu Zheng
Xuan · Li Ning · Liu Rui Qiao
When
they investigate the mountainous site of a meteor crash, a group of
soldiers find themselves face-to-face with a giant monster. In the scrimmage,
team scientist Ye Qin is killed by the creature. Her fianceŽ Qin
Yang, the head of the unit, is injured but manages to escape. Overwhelmed
with grief, he drops out of the army and tumbles into depression. Meanwhile,
the military team - now controlled by Gu Ping - continues the scientific
research behind-the-scenes hoping to fuse the genes from the
unknown beast to create a "Zero" dragon creature. The
result of this experiment is the creation of numerous monsters that
are unleashed on the city.
This
is the follow-up to Shixing Xu's debut project BLOOD
ALLIGATOR. He is quickly becoming the premiere FX master for
the new wave of Chinese monster flicks. The story here (while competent
and more intricate than most genre films) is secondary to the monsters
and the mayhem they create.
A
Chinese film in Mandarin with Chinese and English subtitles; 84 min,
widescreen,
DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC WORLD FORMAT
Extras include theatrical trailer