At the end of the day, I came to like this Monkey King version.Īdapted from the mega huge Chinese novel “Journey to the West”, this film actually followed the original novel very closely. When I finally came around this, I decided to just jump into it without prior judgment. Rewatch Value 4.0 With all the opinions jumping right and left about this film, I had a hard time setting my expectations.
Written by Robert Harris / Global Star Productions Edit Translation Along the way he acquires incredible powers.
#The monkey king 4 movie movie#
The first movie is the origins story - beginning with the birth of Sun Wukong and ending with his imprisonment for his crimes under the Five-Peaked Mountain.
The Monkey King: Havoc In The Heavenly Palace will be released in the U.S. This first installment in a trilogy of live action 3-D movies is actually a prequel to The Journey To The West, the much told story of the Monkey King's adventures on the road to India. This much beloved story, is as much a part of Asian culture as The Iliad and The Odyssey or The Wizard of Oz are to the West. Thus, according to legend, Buddhism is brought to ancient China. After rebelling against heaven and being imprisoned under a mountain for 500 years, he later accompanies the monk Xuanzang on a journey to India. Sun Wukong, (The Monkey King) is a monkey born from a heavenly stone who acquires supernatural powers.
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