The West: Conquering the Demons, The Forbidden Years, and as I've mentioned in some of the reviews of those films, other "monkey king" outings have also been part of my viewing fare, "monkey king" movies have been (and evidently will continue to be, as I'll mention below): The Monkey King: Havoc in Heaven's Palace, Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back, The Monkey King 2, Immortal Demon Slayer: The Legend of Wu Kong and The Monkey King 3 have all crossed my review queue over several previous While nowhere near the fullĬomplement of such films, just the following list of items I've personally reviewed may be enough to highlight what a kind of amazingly huge Yeah, yeah, yeah, the title references a monkey, but some wise soul may caution curious types to be careful of falling down a rabbit hole whenĪpproaching any film with either "monkey king" in its moniker or just such a character among its cast. that is more time to watch Bai Ling.Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman, November 29, 2021 It was overly long, but most great adventures are. The special effects were magnificent, and the martial arts displays exciting. Besides spectacular costumes, the sets were lavishly decorated. She is usually in another spectacular costume each time she appears. Thankfully, for the many appearance of Bai Ling make this film worth watching. Of course, Kuan Yin (Bai Ling) appears any time he utters a prayer. It is almost a Wizard of Oz adventure, as they all have personal issues to resolve in addition to the mission. He rescues Sun Wukong the Monkey King (Russell Wong - Romeo Must Die), and is joined by Zhu Bajie(Pigsy)(Eddie Marsan - 21 Grams, Vera Drake) and Sha Wujing (Friar Sand) (Kabir Bedi - Octopussy) to save the book and save the world. Gibson would not have taken one step except for the fact that he was following the luscious Bai Ling, who anyone would follow to the gates of Hell. The modern world will be destroyed unless The Scholar From Above (Thomas Gibson) can enter the underworld and save it. The ministers have imprisoned the writer of the book, and are attempting to destroy it to reverse time back to traditional Chinese life, i.e. This movie is a contemporary take on the classic Chinese novel "Journey to the West," which is a fictionalized account of the legends around the Buddhist monk Xuánzàng's pilgrimage to India during the Táng dynasty in order to obtain Buddhist religious texts called sutras.
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