Bai Feilian, an ancient mythical beast, who was forced to steal many young girls to find true love in order to survive a thousand-year catastrophe. A giant demon beast with the body of a deer and a bird snatches the bride on their wedding night, a girl accidentally breaks into the forbidden area of the demon island, and the woman in red who cries every night in the mysterious underground palace is actually the hero's mother.
Reviews
Surprisingly incoherent and boring
Powerful
I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.
This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.