The Monkey King

Name: The Monkey King
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Released: 2014-01-09T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 5.6

About The Monkey King

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.

The Monkey King (2014) is a fantasy film directed by Soi Cheang. It runs 119 minutes and was released in January 2014.

Donnie Yen stars as Sun Wukong, Aaron Kwok Fu-Shing as Bull Demon King, Joe Chen as Princess Iron Fan, and Chow Yun-Fat as Jade Emperor. Written by Chan Tai-Lee and Edmond Wong. It is adapted from a novel.

Shelv files it under monkey, martial arts, and religion. It streams on AsianCrush, FlixFling, and Hi-YAH in the United States.

A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box, A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella, and The Godfather make useful companions to The Monkey King. It scores 5.6 out of 10 from 244 TMDB voters and it carries a PG-13 rating.