Walking through this chilled, humid chamber is a bit like scoring a golden ticket to Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory -- except the confections are crafted by limestone, water, and acid.
The Stanley Tong-directed follow-on to Chan and Tong's previous " The Myth" is a time-traveling confection that has attracted negative publicity for its use of AI and VFX to de-age the 70-year-old Chan.
And no sooner had the roast and its retinue been done with than the silent servingman, the Beadle himself perhaps in a milder manifestation, set before us, wreathed in napkins, a confection which rose all sugar from the waves.