The Monkey King (2001)
- Original title
- The Lost Empire
- Directed by
- Peter MacDonald
- Genre
- science fiction
- Country
- United States
- Length
- 1 season, 2 episodes
- Rating
- 5.0 of 10 from 35 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A modern-day man is drawn into an ancient Chinese myth where he must help a monkey spirit protect a sacred artifact from a demon. Together they journey through a fantastical world filled with gods and monsters.
action-packedmythiclightheartedfast-pacedcolorfulwhimsicalepicquirkyfamily-friendly
What happens
The Monkey King, also known as The Lost Empire, is a 2001 television miniseries produced by NBC and the SciFi Channel. It is a contemporary take on the classic 16th-century novel Journey to the West. It stars Bai Ling, Thomas Gibson, Russell Wong, Eddie Marsan, and Randall Duk Kim. The miniseries was directed by Peter MacDonald and written by Asian American dramatist David Henry Hwang. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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