The rating of "Nine-Story Demon Tower" is 4.3 points (out of 10 points).
Judging from the film's starring cast, the film's evaluation should be at the upper-middle level. However, the Douban score of this work is only 4.3 points. The movie mainly tells the story of Hu Bayi, who inadvertently broke into the forbidden area of ??the ghost tribe while performing a secret mission in Kunlun Mountain, opened the gate of the ghost tribe, and allowed the ghost tribe to abnormally descend to the earth. This main plot is very surprising at first glance. It has nothing to do with tomb robbing. It is a bit like Star Wars.
Because the ghosts are aliens who ruled the earth 10,000 years ago. They were defeated by a prince named Yi and driven out of the earth. The nine-story demon tower is the passage for the ghost clan to come to the earth again. The theme of tomb robbing is very niche, and most people who go to the cinema to watch it are fans of the original work. Of course fans of the original novel won't buy such a big twist in the plot, and it's natural that the score will be low.
The highlights of "Nine-Storey Demon Tower"
In addition to not having tomb robbing elements, this movie also has actors who are not too careless in their acting. Hu Ba is a fool in the whole story, he doesn't care at all, and he looks sad all day long. He is the protagonist, so he can't drive the plot if he is so careless. The heroine, like the plot, has changed too much. In the front, there is a well-behaved female nurse, but in the back, she turns into a cool lady, without any acting skills at all.
Fat Wang is even worse. He is just a symbol. There are not many people around him, so it doesn’t matter. The traces of the Golden Triangle were completely missing, including the confident Hu Bayi, the wise Shirley Yang, and the funny Fatty Wang. How can such a movie be well received by the audience? Moreover, the special effects of "Nine-Storey Demon Tower" are really ordinary, and they look fake at first glance.