The Monkey King

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Stephen Chow's Journey to the West came out here not long ago and already we have another version of the Monkey King saga, this time Donnie Yen directs and stars. It's a spectacular looking production, although some of the cg and most of the 3D is less than stellar. Much like Chow's Journey to the West, the story ends where the journey begins. Unlike Chow's Journey to the West, this version follows the story I remember. With a few embellishments too. Although, to be fair, I only really know the story from the 70's english translation of the Japanese television series.

The action in this film isn't as fun as Chow's though, instead resorting to a lot of flying around in cg sky. But there's some fun stuff.