No doubt due to its timed release around the Chinese New Year, celebrating the year of the monkey, the film has already set a world record of $548 million in one week, topping Star Wars: The Force Awakens which previously held the spot. It's also amazing to see how majorly the movie has done in the Chinese box office. With movies like Gods of Egypt, and all of its gloriously shiny cultural appropriation, happening more often than not, it is wonderful to see a big budget film made by and for its own culture. The Monkey King 2 is a top notch spectacle, in incredible 3D, that puts Hollywood's latest over the top endeavors to shame. I'm unsure if it was a character choice after the events of the first movie or an actor's choice to make the character a little cooler, but it's a good choice nonetheless, making him simultaneously more relatable and dreamy, but still with his playful monkey mannerisms and charm. Aaron Kwok, starring as The Monkey King himself, gives a smoother portrayal than his predecessor. Likewise for her henchwomen and their entrance into the film is a dazzling moment of horror. This is what Angelina Jolie should have been in Maleficent. Li Gong is absolutely flawless as the villainous White Bone Demon, a knockout that throws back to classic female villains that are as deadly as they are beautiful. Xiaoshenyang is an adorably perverted piggy Zhu Bajie, Him Law makes a hefty brute in Sha Wujing and Feng Shaofeng comes honest as monk Tang Sanzang. The Monkey King is the stuff of legends, and the actors here are perfectly cast in a rich variety of characters.
Since the film was actually shot in 3D, not converted to the format afterwards, it perfectly matches the bigger than life feel of the film and is extremely successful and atmospheric. There is always something else more beyond belief to draw your eye. There's so much going on anyway that nothing is ever able to pull you out of the adventure. A monkey born from heavenly stone acquires supernatural powers and must battle the armies of both gods and demons to find his place in the heavens. With Donnie Yen, Chow Yun-Fat, Aaron Kwok, Yitian Hai. The CG animation is not the absolute best, but even that doesn't deter from the film. The Monkey King Havoc in Heavens Palace: Directed by Soi Cheang. The fight sequences are dramatically extraordinary, as they should be for deities at battle, with great choreographed wirework for literal high-flying action. From monkey fur to pig nose, the makeup effects are stunning and amusing. The costumes are lavish, holding great detail and weight. The sets are grand, even when they aren't really there. The film is beautifully and intricately designed. Not that the previous installment was bad, but The Monkey King 2 finally presents a version of this classic Chinese story that lives up to its original epic otherworldliness. It's calmer and all around more precise and focused in its filmmaking, which in itself makes for a better upgrade, but the special effects and overall look of the film have been ratcheted up as well. This sequel is quite a level up from the first in a lot of ways. search for a way out of this nation surrounded by a vast magical net, it soon transpires, conveniently, that romantic love is the only key to opening the gate.The Monkey King 2 picks up right where the first Monkey King left off, continuing the story based on the legendary Journey to the West tales. Love nevertheless blossoms between Tang Sanzang and the Womanland’s young queen (Zhao Liying), even though her royal preceptor (Gigi Leung Wing-kei) is hell-bent on sentencing the men to death. In The Monkey King 3, Buddhist monk Tang Sanzang (William Feng Shaofeng) and his disciples – Wukong the Monkey King (Aaron Kwok Fu-shing), pig demon Bajie (Xiao Shenyang) and the blue-skinned sand demon Wujing (Him Lo Chung-him) – inadvertently enter the Womanland of Western Liang, a nation populated by women raised to believe that men are fatally deceptive in matters of the heart. Share This Movie With Friends And Family.
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