Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain

Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain is a Hong Kong film. It is a supernatural fantasy adventure with ''wuxia'' elements. The film was directed by Tsui Hark, who intended to combine Hong Kong action cinema with western special effects technology. It was nominated for five Hong Kong Film Awards in 1984 .

International

The film had many versions of the story. The real plot is the Chinese one. Dubbed prints exist as ''Zu Time Warrior'', which include scenes set in the 20th Century. There is a brief reference to this in the dialogie of the climax in the original version. Tsui has said that ''Zu Time Warrior'' represents his true intentions on the film, but also expressed that he thought the film was too old for people to care about anymore. The UK release of the DVD by Hong Kong Legends features an audio commentary with Tsui and film critic Bey Logan.

Box office

The film grossed HK $15,872,222 at the Hong Kong box office.

Influence

American filmmaker John Carpenter has stated that ''Zu'' was an influence on his 1986 film ''Big Trouble in Little China''.