Double vision
Clockwise from top left: Scenes from the video game-adapted blockbuster Double World featuring the tiger mastiff, a fictional creature; an orphan who becomes the hero, a role starring Henry Lau; thief-turned-warrior Jingang Xiaomei, played by Lin Chenhan; and the deserter portrayed by Peter Ho. Chen tells China Daily that he has become bored of his insipid self-quarantine, but is excited to see his latest directorial outing, Double World, make a huge splash overseas. As one of China's biggest-budgeted video game-adapted films, Double World cost nearly 300 million yuan to make, with around 80 percent of it comprising 1,800 special-effects scenes. Within its first week, Double World achieved huge popularity overseas, landing sixth on the list of the 10 most watched films on Netflix between July 24 and 31, according to the streaming analytics firm FlixPatrol.
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