The music by Leon Ko matches the brilliance of the visuals.
But what elevates the look of the film is Yee Chung-man's brilliantly designed costumes. The gorgeous computer generated images created by the visual effects rendered by over half a dozen multinational companies, merge well with the live footage lensed by ace director of photography, Anthony Pun. With ace production values, Monster Hunt 2 is technically flawless. But all this glitter could barely conceal the film's disjointed and hollow narrative. There are also large dollops of silly gags and emotional scenes that speak about family bonding and co-existence. It is charming enough on a scene-to-scene basis as it is packed with all the classic fantasy tropes that include a Hindi film style dance sequence, action-packed chases and martial arts antics. The plot developed from a story by screenwriters Jack Ng, Sunny Chan and Su Liang is all fluff. Each character is significant, over-the-top, but appears realistic. The film hooks you with excellent performances and brilliant voice-overs from its ace cast. How their paths merge, forms the crux of the tale. They set out to find their "son" with the help of Yun Qing (Yo Yang), the seemingly righteous leader of a monster hunters' guild. They regret their well-intended decision and long to be united with him. Meanwhile, his foster human parents - Xiaolan (Bai Baihe) and Tianyin (Jing Boran) miss him.
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