Underplayed Gems

The Monk (2015)

The Monk poster
Original title
道士下山
Directed by
Chen Kaige
Genre
action film, martial arts film
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
2h 03m
Rated
16
Rating
5.1 of 10 from 111 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

More films like thisWatch the trailer

or watch the trailer on YouTube

How it feels

A young monk leaves his monastery and enters the outside world. He gets involved with martial arts masters and faces various challenges.

whimsicalfast-pacedaction-packedcomedicfantasticallightheartedadventurous

What happens

Monk Comes Down the Mountain (Chinese: 道士下山) is a 2015 Chinese fantasy-adventure-comedy film directed by Chen Kaige and starring Wang Baoqiang, Aaron Kwok, Chang Chen, Lin Chi-ling, Fan Wei, Yuen Wah, Vanness Wu, Wang Xueqi, Danny Chan, Lam Suet and Dong Qi. It is based on the best-selling novel Dao Shi Xia Shan (A Monk Comes Down the Mountain) by Xu Haofeng. Filming started in March 2014 on location in Xianghe, Hebei. The film was released on July 3, 2015. It was the first movie with DTS:X and was available in IMAX 3D. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? You can browse by genre, country and year, or take this one into the 3D catalogue and ask the Catbot for something closer.