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  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • China Lion Film Distribution
  • 2 h 9 m
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • China Lion Film Distribution
  • 2 h 9 m
3-D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy

Summary Sex and Zen 3D: Extreme Ecstasy explodes onto the big screen as the world’s first 3D erotic film. Directed by Christopher Sun and banned in mainland China, this surefire cult classic in the making is adapted from the ancient Chinese text The Carnal Prayer Matand follows scholar Wei Yangsheng as he sets out to become a better lover for h...

Directed By: Christopher Sun

Written By: Stephen Shiu, Mark Wu, Yu Li

  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • China Lion Film Distribution
  • 2 h 9 m
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • China Lion Film Distribution
  • 2 h 9 m

3-D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
36
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 6 User Ratings
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Summary Sex and Zen 3D: Extreme Ecstasy explodes onto the big screen as the world’s first 3D erotic film. Directed by Christopher Sun and banned in mainland China, this surefire cult classic in the making is adapted from the ancient Chinese text The Carnal Prayer Matand follows scholar Wei Yangsheng as he sets out to become a better lover for h...

Directed By: Christopher Sun

Written By: Stephen Shiu, Mark Wu, Yu Li

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Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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60
Aug 22, 2011
For all its sophomoric humor and prim prurience, in the end 3D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy finds it is love, not sex, that rules the human heart, a sweet and conventional idea regardless of the technology of the film's projection.
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50
Aug 22, 2011
3D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy fails to live up to either its promise or title.
By Stephen Cole FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 8, 2011
Audiences get an eyeful of flesh, served with sadistic, spasmodic laughs.
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50
Aug 8, 2011
Certainly delivers the goods as far as quantity of sex goes. But the quality will leave some cold.
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40
Aug 22, 2011
An unpredictably bizarre and tonally askew Hong Kong freak show.
By Marc Savlov FULL REVIEW
38
Aug 22, 2011
For a film so proud of its trail-blazing status ("the first 3D erotic movie"), 3d Sex and Zen is certainly driven by the same good old symptoms.
By Diego Semerene FULL REVIEW
20
Aug 22, 2011
Sex in this film looks so nonecstatic that a better title might have been "3D Sex and Zen: Zero Child Policy."
By Mike Hale FULL REVIEW

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17% Negative
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Production Company Golden Harvest Company, Local Production, Film Workshop, One Dollar Production Limited, China 3D Digital Entertainment
Release Date Aug 12, 2011
Duration 2 h 9 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline Eyes wide shut.
Website http://www.3dsexzen.com/
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