Synopsis
Painted Skin (2008) is a Chinese fantasy action film you can watch online on iFILM. Director Gordon Chan adapts a Qing-dynasty ghost tale by Pu Songling into a lush period romance with a monster at its center.
General Wang Sheng rescues a beautiful young woman, Xiao Wei, from bandits and brings her into his home. What he doesn't see: she's a fox spirit who devours human hearts to keep her youthful face. His wife Peirong senses the truth long before he does. When he refuses to listen, she turns to a former officer and a demon-hunter for help. Zhou Xun plays the spirit, Chen Kun the conflicted general, Vicki Zhao the loyal wife, and Donnie Yen handles both the action and a soldier with secrets of his own.
A box-office hit across Asia that spawned a franchise, this leans far more on doomed romance than swordplay. Come for Donnie Yen and you'll find him in a supporting role; stay for a costume melodrama with a horror chill running underneath. Stream Painted Skin (2008) online on iFILM.
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