The film has received poor reviews. It has a 33% score on Rotten Tomatoes.[6]
Variety called it "bloated with visual effects" and said "lacks the intellectual grounding or cinematic oomph that made better works like The Taking of Tiger Mountain more than mere spectacles."[1]RogerEbert.com gave the film two stars calling it "unnecessarily busy."[2]The Hollywood Reporter described it as "A peppy but generic fantasy with action too reliant on CG."[7]