Donnie Yen's Sakra (2023)

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Out of the many famous wuxia novels out there, its Jin Yong’s Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils that takes the award for the one that’s been adapted for the screen the most. On the small screen alone there’s been 6 adaptations over the last 40 years, and on the big screen it was the Shaw Brothers studio that first took the plunge in 1977 with The Battle Wizard, which wisely chose to adapt only a part of the sprawling tale. Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils followed in 1982 as a quick cash-in on the popular TVB series from the same year, and in 1994 it was given the new wave wire-fu treatment with The Dragon Chronicles: The Maidens of Heavenly Mountain. Even Jackie Chan was announced to be starring in an adaptation in the mid-90’s, which sadly never got off the ground. Now in 2023, a 4th feature length production has arrived in the form of Sakra.

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