It becomes apparent that his powers are, in fact, both amazing and frightening. He names him Sun Wukong.Īlthough a difficult and insubordinate pupil, Sun obviously has powers far beyond his fellow trainees. Master Subhuti takes the monkey to The Tri-Star Cave and puts him in training with a class of human students. Despite his celestial destiny, young Wukong seems to be having trouble just being a monkey, let alone a “god-in-training.” He is vain, mischievous, overzealous and often just plain silly. Master Subhuti, one of the Ten Disciples of Buddha, is sent by the goddess Guanyin to find the Monkey Spirit, born of Heaven’s crystal, and train him in the ways of the gods. The fox girl can transform into a beautiful almost human form, while the monkey (a handsome monkey with human features) has incredible strength and power.īut the playmates are separated when Silver Fox must return to her family village and Wukong joins the monkey tribe. As the Silver Fox (Xia Zi Tong) and Sun Wu Kong (Donnie Yen) grow, their affection for each other grows as do their powers. It is an event that will come back to haunt both the fox and the monkey as the Demon King will use them both in his insidious plans to conquer heaven. She enlists the aid of the Buffalo Demon King to use his power to break open the crystal and release the monkey. There it sits until a kit fox discovers it glowing in a mountain crevice.
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That single crystal plummets to Earth, landing on Mount Huagao – The Mountain of Flowers and Fruit.
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She gives every crystal of her being to rebuild and fortify Heaven - all but one. A beautiful princess sacrifices herself by restoring it and building an impenetrable wall around Heaven from crystals from her own body. In the process the Heavenly Palace is virtually destroyed. He opens the story with an epic battle in Heaven where the forces of the Jade Emperor (Chow Yun Fat) turn back the invading Demon Buffalo King (Aaron Kwok), banishing him to Earth. Played by a major Western actor, the Old Sage serves as the narrator of our tale. The monk is the current keeper of a hundred painted scrolls, each describing an event in the Monkey King’s life. He tells the tale to two children, one Chinese, the other from the West who come across the monk in a cave on a remote mountainside above the Eastern Ocean. In English the The Monkey King "The Legend Begins", the legendary creation of The Monkey King is told by an Old Sage, a Western monk who traveled from Europe to China in the 7th Century. It's better than most cookie- cutter American fantasy blockbusters, with, of course due to the nature of the source text, much better lessons and values sitting underneath the action than 'yet another Hero's Journey story' as Hollywood pumps out again and again.This is a classic story of the responsibilities of power, acquiring true wisdom and finding redemption through sacrifice. It will probably turn up in the Netflix graveyard at some point. I saw this on a trip to China, I don't know if it received, or will receive a release in the West, but it should. Most importantly, the charisma of the stars shines through it. There is a lot of practical wire-work amidst the wash of particle effects and glowy things. It really is a riveting family adventure from start to finish It contains the usual overabundance of CG which all these Chinese blockbusters have, but the quality isn't awful this time! Much better than some of the video-game level effects I've seen recently in others.
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Gong Li is very hammy, and couldn't chew the scenery more, but it's within the tone of the film. I can't say how he compared to Donnie Yen but he's so lovable.
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Anyway, Monkey King 2 completely feels like its' own entity, it is a different story from the book and the Monkey King origin story has been told many times before. I didn't see the first Monkey King, it had such poor reviews so I didn't bother. I really enjoyed it, it was a fun action fantasy romp, and I love the various Journey to the West stories.