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The Monkey King

Name: The Monkey King
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family
Released: 2014
Duration: 119 min
Cast: Donnie Yen, Aaron Kwok, Joe Chen, Chow Yun-Fat, Peter Ho

Taste attributes: actionadventurefamilyfastwholesomelightimaginarylinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemanding

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"Havoc in Heaven"

Boxlist takeExpect a good-natured, very fast action adventure, light rather than heavy. Best if you like pace over patience.

Taste details

Pace: very fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: very wholesome · Weight: very light · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

5.6 /10

TMDB · 151 votes

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What lines up

Originality: Balanced originality, just how this profile likes it

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Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
Wholesomeness: Wholesome, where this profile leans unsavoury

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Synopsis

Sun Wukong is a monkey born from a heavenly stone who acquires supernatural powers. After rebelling against heaven and being imprisoned under a mountain for 500 years, he later accompanies the monk Xuanzang on a journey to India. Thus, according to legend, Buddhism is brought to ancient China.

Synopsis: TMDB