![]() It stars Aaron Kwok in the title role, tasked to escort a traveling monk, Tang Seng (Shaofeng Feng), to the west to fetch ancient Buddha scriptures while protecting him from the evil White-Bone Demon (Gong Li). This is full length movie based on one of China's most famous legends, The Monkey King. They appear to be wearing a nude colored body suit with ornate decorations in the right places. ![]() ![]() The film is 2 hours long and it does start to weigh on you. There is also humor, the dialogue is mostly light with Chinese sayings or their derivatives sprinkled in. The film contains a multitude of fights, looking like an RPG. The special effects were good and the real reason to watch the film as the plot was simple and the ending was not what I expected. The sets looked surreal, a product of CG generation. Along the way he frees the Monkey King and also gets the help of two other "demons." They are confronted by Lady White or White Bone Spirit, an evil demon along with her minions. Just go with it like the second Darrin in "Bewitched." A monk is tasked by the Mercy Goddess to obtain Buddhist scriptures in the west (Tibet?). Aaron played the Blue Demon in the first feature. The Monkey King is now played by Aaron Kwok and not Donnie Yen. This film apparently takes place 500 years after the first film.
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