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Rating: 6.5 stars

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China Hong Kong demon monkey king folklore demon hunter transformation buddha

All movies seen on 07/14/2023

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Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013)

Directed by Stephen Chow

Fantasy | Action | Adventure

Most recently watched by archstanton43, DaNiedabaya, schofizzy, sensoria, noahphex

Overview

In a world plagued by demons who cause great human suffering, young demon hunter Tang Sanzang must fight against monstrous demons, as well as contend with a beautiful demon hunting woman on his path to enlightenment.

Rated PG-13 | Length 110 minutes

Actors

Wen Zhang | Shu Qi | Huang Bo | Show Luo | Lee Sheung-Ching | Chen Bing-Qiang | Cheng Si-Han | Xing Yu | Lu Zheng-Yu | Chiu Chi-Ling | Yang Di | Chrissie Chau | Ge Hang-Yu | Min Hun Fung | Yeung Lun | Zhang Chao-Li | Tang Yixin | Zhang Mei-E | Yabin Wang | Liu Zhanling | 张煜雯

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

Birthday week so spending more time with my favorites and in this case it’s a favorite actor: Shu Qi. Been wanting to revisit this movie so that was a good excuse. Still mixed positive overall. Some fun setpieces but also sequences that really drag including the long opening act with the demon fish in the village.

Also when our protagonist meets up with the trapped Monkey King, it really kills the momentum. My other annoyance is this dude rejecting Duan (Shu Qi) despite all her advances. Like seriously. I love that she made movies like this while also being one of the highest paid actresses in HK and covergirl model. She doesn’t mind getting all dirty and physical.

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