IMDb RATING
6.3/10
5.3K
YOUR RATING
An action-thriller centered on a vampire-like woman who eats the skins and hearts of her lovers.An action-thriller centered on a vampire-like woman who eats the skins and hearts of her lovers.An action-thriller centered on a vampire-like woman who eats the skins and hearts of her lovers.
- Awards
- 11 wins & 23 nominations
Kun Chen
- Wang Sheng
- (as Chen Kun)
David Leong
- Xia Hou Xiang
- (as David Liang)
Yeerjiang Mahepushen
- Bandit chief
- (as Ye Er Jiang)
Michael An-Ye Tan
- Da Dao
- (as Michael Tan)
Yun-Peng Qi
- Mo Zhui
- (as Qi Yun Peng)
Chang-Zhou Zhao
- Jing An
- (as Zhao Chang Zhou)
Tina Xiang
- Xiao Rou
- (as Xiang Wan)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaHong Kong's 2009 Academy Awards official submission to Foreign-Language Film category.
- GoofsAll mail armor in this film is made with the the mail going vertically rather than sideways. This would make the armor less effective, as it spreads the ring pattern open, making it easier to penetrate. All historical examples of mail armor have the ring pattern going from side to side for this reason.
- ConnectionsFollowed by Painted Skin: The Resurrection (2012)
- SoundtracksPainted Heart
Music by Ikuro Fujiwara (as Fujiwara Ikuro)
Lyrics by Siu-kei Chan
Performed by Jane Zhang (as Jane Zhang)
Featured review
Worst Chinese film in decades? I think so!
After all the effort of building international reputation with films like "Heroes" and "Crouching Tiger", Chinese film has gone back to the starting point with this one. "Painted Skin" is nothing but an amateur attempt trying to imitate other ones, without sufficient skill or patient. The lines are simple AWFUL!!! I wonder whether they came up with the script in two days. The costumes and makeup is a joke, look like recycled from other movies. The acting....Donnie Yen's performance is probably OK for a HongKong TV show and nothing else, and all those supposedly emotional scenes are so badly handled, gave me goose bumps. The worst thing of this film is the directing, the editing and camera works. It is absolutely mind-blowing that such a horrible production, worse than an average video on Youtube, has spent so much money on advertising and publicity stunt, but nothing on making this movie worth seeing.
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- ellagarden
- Oct 23, 2008
Details
Box office
- Budget
- $10,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $37,579,689
- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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