Unbeknowst to Wukong, their encounter has in fact been predestined by the Goddess (Kelly Chen) herself, who has given Wukong the quest of protecting Xuanzang on his journey to retrieve some sacred scriptures.

Now that his origins are out of the way, this second chapter – set 500 years after he was imprisoned by the Goddess of Mercy – sees the young and ingenuous Tang Priest Xuanzang (Feng Shaofeng) free Wukong from under the clutches of the Five Elements Mountain after being pursued by a white tiger. Yet the two years since the release of that dull and expensive CGI eyesore sees its helmer Soi Cheang find poise, imagination and inspiration to deliver a much more assured, entertaining, and engaging cinematic rendition of the legendary ‘Journey to the West’ story, bolstered in no small measure by an irrepressibly lively turn by Aaron Kwok – replacing the original’s Donnie Yen – as the titular Sun Wukong and excellent CGI by no less than the folks behind ‘Lord of the Rings’ and ‘The Hobbit’. With a movie like ‘The Monkey King’, the only way you could go with a sequel is up, so it really isn’t that surprising that ‘The Monkey King 2’ is a few notches better than its predecessor. Whilst Tang was involved in a misunderstanding with Monkey King (Sun Wukong), White Boned Demon stole the opportunity to manipulate Tang, who is vulnerable without the help of his skilled disciple… In this sequel of the 2014 box office hit The Monkey King, the White Boned Demon (Baigujing) played by Gong Li constantly attempts to prise Tang Sanzang for his meat, thus forcing the quartet to delay the journey on the quest for sutra. Synopsis: The Monkey King 2 is an upcoming Hong Kong action fantasy film boasting a main cast of stars Aaron Kwok, Gong Li, Feng Shaofeng and Xiao Shenyang. Cast: Aaron Kwok, Gong Li, Feng Shaofeng, Xiao Shenyang, Kris Philips, Him Law, Kelly Chen

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