'Sorcerer' a fun, ridiculous fantasy frolic

By McClatchy News Services

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Feb 08, 2013

~~The modern reshaping of the economic struggle between East and West plays out in "The Sorcerer and the White Snake," a sharp Chinese reminder that not all cheese comes from Switzerland or Wisconsin.
A mad, laugh-out-loud mash-up of "The Little Mermaid," "Harry Potter," assorted vampire tales, "Pan's Labyrinth," the disaster epic "2012" and "Pokemon" — just to impose the cinematic precedents on display here — "Sorcerer" is a Chinese twist on the reliable sword-and-sorcery genre that led Hollywood to impose "Clash of the Titans" and "Immortals" on the undeserving.
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Rated: PG-13 
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The modern reshaping of the economic struggle between East and West plays out in "The Sorcerer and the White Snake," a sharp Chinese reminder that not all cheese comes from Switzerland or Wisconsin.

A mad, laugh-out-loud mash-up of "The Little Mermaid," "Harry Potter," assorted vampire tales, "Pan's Labyrinth," the disaster epic "2012" and "Pokemon" — just to impose the cinematic precedents on display here — "Sorcerer" is a Chinese twist on the reliable sword-and-sorcery genre that led Hollywood to impose "Clash of the Titans" and "Immortals" on the undeserving. ‘THE SORCERER AND THE WHITE SNAKE’ Rated: PG-13 Login for more...