Time Raiders (2016)

Ahhhh, I enjoyed this movie so much. It was gorgeous. When it wasn't grossing me out (mummies can be nasty!). There was a plot, but it didn't get in the way of the action.

Fabulous choice of leading men. Really. The contrast between them was perfect. I personally wish for them to both have long successful careers.

The supporting actors were wonderful. The humor in this movie is great, and mostly carried by the supporting actors.

You MUST like gears to enjoy this movie. They are everywhere. Along with chains.

You must also not really care about which time period the movie is set in, as laptops & abacuses, Gattling guns & drones, digital cameras & puttees co-exist.

My favorite thing in this movie was a coffin that unfolded into a desk/office suite, along with a book case that I will lust after for the rest of my life.

Will I re-watch this? Absolutely. I am sure there are things I missed.

I strongly feel there will be a video game.

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To those who are actually hesitating to watch this movie:

The CGI (imo) is actually bearable for a Chinese production. I've seen a lot worse. The thrill is really good. It's the kind of thrill where you think, "Oh, thank the heavens they're fine." But no, there's another freaking obstacle. Character development is weak tho because I think they were really focusing on the execution of the storyline. (I mean how do you expect 9(?) novels to be squeezed into the movie?) For the storyline, it's confusing at first. However, it all made sense at the ending if you connect it with all the flashbacks and the introduction. The moment you understand it, it's gonna flip you over.

Also recommended to people who loves shipping otps.

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Well for someone like me who loves The Lost tomb dramas & the novel this movie isn't it.

Poor acting skills. The English speaking girl got me cringing. She was the most annoying part in this movie. Well the other actors where OK nothing special.

CGI was bad too. I don't know why you want to make a remake from a good drama when you know you don't have the money to do a good remake.

The story wasn't even close to the original. Again if you are trying to do a remake do it probably... Well at the end it wasn't that good but that's just from a person who loves the original dramas xd

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It's sort of a Lost Tomb Story. Sort of.

Another completely biased review from me to you.
I highly recommend watching this movie. It's in the vague vicinity of the Lost Tomb series. I mean, they have Zhang Qiling and Wu Xie and the 9 families and they go around robbing tombs, so yeah, it's loosely based I would say!
What is this demented magic? An origin story for Zhang Qiling?? Wait, what? Jing Bo Ran plays him? ?And seriously, WTAH, Lu Han is Wu Xie?? And an origin story for Wu Xie too? ?And their first meet?? ?
Words can't describe how wonderfully awful this movie is! It is beautiful though, the look and feel is just amazing. The sets and props are really excellent!?
Here's just some thoughts I jotted down while watching. I hope you watch and enjoy too.???️
Vampire moths! ?
Wu Xie before he learned he shouldn't go around touching stuff!?
Totally love all the cogs and gears and steampunkish look⚙️
Zhang Qiling sitting on top of a skyscraper drinking beer? ok....?
This gives us a very talky and angsty Zhang Quling ?
The bromance is strong with this one.?
Wu Xie needs to learn how to turn off the camera's flash if he wants to sneak around dark tombs?
Why do the bad guys always have the coolest toys??
Now that's a safety lock!??
Balls of flame, pretty damn cool?
Yeah, these guys are tomb robbers, they don't care about preserving the history⚒️
Creepy wooden puppets!?
LOL Wu Xie dancing through the sword statues and then teaching everyone else. One-two-three-one-two-three?
So, zombie tree/human hybrid monsters. ok. And Poison Ivy wanna be who just makes ugly faces and screams and dances like a Bollywood lady? ?
Why was one of them a blue smurf version of a monster??
Wu Xie as pied piper?
Wait, Wu Xie convinces the bad guy to turn into a good guy by telling him to be good? omg this part??
And the laugh the boys were doing at the end when Wu Xie rescued Zhang Quling ?
WTAF was that ending? I don't get it. You mean I sat here for over 2 hours and that's how you decided to end this??
Still, it was worth it. A fun easy watch. Not too scary or gross and the effects weren't THAT bad

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I LOVED this movie...
Okey there were scenes that were really cliche and made to look very unrealistic, to the point where I laughed at its stupidy BUT those scenes were few and lasted only a few seconds.
Going into this movie I was already prepared for these cliche scene as are everyone who has watched chinese fantasy/action movies.
Meaning there were a lot of jumps that no human could do XD
But I LOVED the characters personalities and their little quirks.
The music wasn't over the top or played too loudly, which was a nice change. Gave a good mood to the film.
The story was similar to other tomb/mummy movies though this was a lot lighter and easier to watch ....Minus the disgusting creatures -_-'
It was a nice change that they weren't forcefully locked inside the tomb but walked in themselves which gave a feeling of the characters having a little control over the sh*t that was happening around them.
There was also a nice hint of bromance ?•?
And I LOVED how they tied up the ending but still left a lot for the audience to imagine.

Overall enjoyed this and I'll definitely watch this again.

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According to some online description, this movie was based on the movie "The Lost Tomb" but I haven't watch it so I don't have even the slightest idea of how they differ from each other. I will just be giving my own observation regarding the Movie. For me, as a person who love to watch movies with this kind of genre I say that this Movie is kind of impressive. Well honestly 2 hours is not enough for this movie so there are some part most especially the ending where you would think that they made some cut and ended it just like that but nevertheless the movie is still good.
I am not the only one who says that the movie is a blockbuster success because its gross income is saying the same thing. One factor why this movie is a hit is because of its casts, special mention the two main cast... Lu Han and Jing Bo Ran. They gave justice to the movie because of their acting skills. Its worth my time...and if you would like to know if I would recommend it to somebody else? Well yes of course....!!!

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For those who are here because of The Lost Tomb series: The movie is not related at all with the novels or the other dramas, so don't consider it a sequel or prequel to the main story. In my opinion, the CGI was not good but also not bad and the characters have no development, which..sure..it's a movie, so not much time to develop here. The tomb story was interesting and the traps from within were really good for a tomb movie. The main problem that I have in general with Chinese dramas/movies is the English speaking part which is sooo bad! It made me skip it because of the terrible dubbing, so be prepared for that. The brotherhood between Wu Xie and Xiao Ge/Zhang Qiling is pretty good here! I would say that it's more pronounced here that in The Lost Tomb 2. All in all, I do recommend to watch it if you have to spare 2 hours and see more of Wu Xie and Zhang Qiling, just don't expect for the movie to have that wow factor.

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The bromance in this series is so good!

Both leads are gorgeous and as always the franchise brings mystery and tons of action and emotions.

This starts as an origin story and then gets pretty complicated but I feel like it does justice to the books. And if you want to watch Lost Tomb 2 current season, then at least watch this or the last season with Yang yang and Yi Feng. Otherwise, you might be clueless about the characters.

Luhan played Wu Xie more nerdy than Yi Feng and Jing Bo Ran played Qi Ling more angsty and emotional than Yang yang but that's because Qi Ling is more a mysterious character in LT 1 whose motivations are entirely unknown but Time Raiders Qi Ling is a full fledged protagonist.

Anyway I thought the graphics though nothing extraordinary were done well.

And a truly engaging plot as always.

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