For your safety The Times is committed to reviewing theatrical film releases during the COVID-19 pandemic. “New Gods: Yang Jian” is not related to comic legend Jack Kirby’s 1970s DC masterwork that spawned Darkseid, Mister Miracle and others. There’s plenty of imagination in that reimagining: The world of “New Gods: Yang Jian” is a swirling mélange of myth, pseudo-steampunk, “Blade …
New Gods: Yang Jian, a visual feast bringing to life some of the most iconic heavenly places depicted in Chinese myths, has soared to become the latest summer blockbuster. Now, Yang Jian, who always fights alongside his howling canine companion, Xiaotian, appears in his latest iteration in New Gods: Yang Jian, which was released in theaters across the Chinese mainland …
