‘Journey to the West’ is a loose comedic adaptation of the namesake Chinese novel published in the 16th century (better known as simply ‘Monkey’, an abridged translation, in the west, as its more charismatic character is no other than the mischievous Monkey King). More precisely, this film revisits a specific part of the novel in which Buddhist-with-hair monk Xuan Zang (played by Zhang Wen) defeats a quaint group of demons in dire need of redemption… and some ass-kicking. Although this movie’s story is complete and self-contained, it’s also an obvious attempt to establish an epic saga that would show us the rest of the tale in future installments. Given the huge box-office success that ‘Journey to the West’ enjoyed, we can rejoice on the fact that sequels are more than probably coming our way. And that’s good news, because this is a good twist on a good story,...
- 3/12/2014
- by Miguel Angel Aijon
- AsianMoviePulse
Journey To The West Magnet Reviewed for Shockya by Harvey Karten. Data-based on Rotten Tomatoes Grade: B Director: Stephen Chow Screenplay: Stephen Chow Cast: Qi Shu, Zhang Wen, Bo Huang, Show Luo, Shing-Cheung Lee, Bingqiang Chen, Sihan Cheng, Yu Xing, Zhengyu Lu, Chi Ling Chiu Screened at: Review 1, NYC, 2/11/14 Opens: March 7, 2014 Every country takes pride in its legends. The best known might be the Twelve Labors of Hercules, wherein the man had to slay a lion and a hydra, capture a Boar and a Cretan Bull, and, hardest of all, to steal a girdle. China is not about to sit back and let Greece [ Read More ]
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- 3/3/2014
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
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