Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013)

Original title

西游·降魔篇

Directed by

Derek Kwok, Stephen Chow

Genre

fantasy film, action film, action comedy film

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 449 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A comic retelling of the classic Chinese novel. A demon hunter travels with a group of misfits to fight monsters and protect a village.

comedicfast-pacedwhimsicalaction-packedvisually stylizedlightheartedchaoticfantastical

What happens

Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (Chinese: 西遊·降魔篇) is a 2013 fantasy comedy film co-written and produced by Stephen Chow and co-directed by Chow and Derek Kwok. A Chinese-Hong Kong co-production, the movie was first announced in July 2011 and was released on 10 February 2013 in China. The film is a loose comedic re-interpretation of the 16th-century novel Journey to the West, a Chinese literary classic often believed to be written by Wu Cheng'en. A sequel, Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back, written and produced by Chow and directed by Tsui Hark, was released on January 28, 2017. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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