Wu Kong (2017)

Original title

悟空傳

Directed by

Derek Kwok

Genre

fantasy film, action film, adventure film

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

2h 10m

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 219 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The monkey demon Sun Wukong rebels against the celestial powers that try to control him. Leading a group of outcasts, he fights to protect his fellow demons and defy fate.

epicmythicfast-paceddramaticvisually dynamicemotionaldefiantgrand-scale

What happens

Wu Kong (Chinese: 悟空传; Chinese: 悟空傳), also known as Immortal Demon Slayer and The Legend of Wukong, is a 2017 fantasy-action-adventure film directed by Derek Kwok and produced by Huang Jianxin, starring Eddie Peng, Ni Ni, Shawn Yue, Oho Ou, and Zheng Shuang. A Chinese-Hong Kong co-production, the film is based on Jin Hezai's internet novel Wukong Biography, which retells the story of Sun Wukong (the Monkey King) in the classical novel Journey to the West and is partly inspired by the 1995 comedy film A Chinese Odyssey. It was released in China on 13 July 2017. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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