MOJIN – THE LOST LEGEND is a Chinese action adventure about tomb raiders who run into zombies and all sorts of bloody mayhem in their quest for a famous “equinox flower” artifact with the alleged power to raise the dead. The scary zombies and other creatures in MOJIN would be unhealthy for children. The violence is a bit stronger than most American action adventures, with more blood.

The special effects are on a par with many Hollywood movies, but the acting is a bit more like Bollywood where they love to include buffoonish characters for comic relief. It also has a strong humanist, anti-capitalist worldview that’s pro-communist.

Surprisingly, MOJIN – THE LOST LEGEND has excessive foul language. Back in 1989, a nefarious multinational mining company recruits the Mojin raiders to return to the field to find a life-reviving flower. Thus, they unleash deadly mystical forces killing most of the troop. They stumble upon a field of mysterious statues, which they destroy because they represent “bourgeois” Chinese history. The story flashes back 20 years to a happy journey of young Communist revolutionaries singing Chairman Mao’s praises. Three Chinese tomb raiders hawk Chinese artifacts on the streets of New York in 1989. MOJIN – THE LOST LEGEND is a big Chinese adventure movie with subtitles and lots of foul language.

Mojin the lost legend (2015)