Humans, immortals and mythological creatures duke it out to control the fate of the Earth in director Wuershan’s rollicking fantasy epic Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms.

Set more than 3,000 years ago, during ancient China’s Shang dynasty (1600BC-1050BC), this is the first instalment in a planned trilogy of films adapted from Xu Zhonglin’s classic 16th century novel The Investiture of the Gods.

The action revolves around a duplicitous power grab orchestrated by Lord Yin Shou (Kris Phillips a.k.a. Fei Xiang), who violently assumes the Shang throne in the capital city of Zhaoge, with the help of a mystical fox demon who possesses the body of the beautiful Su Daji (Naran) – the daughter of Yin’s sworn enemy.

Read my full South China Morning Post review here