Monkey King: Hero Is Back (2015)

Original title

西游记之大圣归来

Directed by

Tian Xiaopeng

Genre

fantasy film, action film, animated film, family film

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 300 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young boy frees a legendary monkey king from his magical prison. Together they go on a journey to protect the boy from demons and discover the monkey's lost heroic spirit.

energeticadventurousheroicvisually boldplayfulaction-packedemotionalfast-paced

What happens

Monkey King: Hero Is Back (Chinese: 西游记之大圣归来; pinyin: Xīyóu jì zhī dà shèng guīlái; lit. 'Journey to the West: Return of the Great Sage') is a 2015 Chinese computer-animated fantasy adventure film written and directed by Tian Xiaopeng in his directorial debut. The film was released on 10 July 2015, and became the highest-grossing animated film in China until it was surpassed by the 2016 films Zootopia and Kung Fu Panda 3. A prequel to the film titled Monkey King: Havoc in Heaven is currently in development. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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