60
Metascore
6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Los Angeles TimesMichael OrdoñaLos Angeles TimesMichael OrdoñaThere are fun characters and dazzling action sequences. The filmmakers’ approach to rethinking legendary figures and placing them in a kind of timeless, weirdly teched-out reality is intriguing.
- 77PolygonTasha RobinsonPolygonTasha RobinsonWeapons that send an enemy into a dream state or a phantasmagorical world give director Zhao all the opportunity he needs to radically change animation styles, or fill the screen with wild fantasy images. This is a movie worth seeing on the biggest screen available.
- 70VarietyMurtada ElfadlVarietyMurtada Elfadl“Yang Jian” offers vivid and exciting animation matched with traditional Chinese mythic storytelling to deliver an entertaining film.
- 60IGNSamantha NelsonIGNSamantha NelsonNew Gods: Yang Jiang is worth watching for its novel animated action sequences, but its muddled story lacks the punch of its predecessor, New Gods: Nezha Reborn.
- 50The New York TimesRobert DanielsThe New York TimesRobert DanielsEven for fans of this animated universe, New Gods: Yang Jian can’t turn its viewers into believers.
- 50RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsRogerEbert.comSimon AbramsWhile the first hour of “New Gods: Yang Jian” is about as attractive as it is surreal, the back half only works if you care about the destinies of its undistinguished protagonists.