Before hitting the big time with his Monkey King trilogy, Soi Cheang was the director of a number of excellent Hong Kong thrillers. Motorway (2012) was one; before that he helmed Accident (2009), a remarkable exercise in style, tension, and growing paranoia. The … Continue reading REVIEW: Accident (2009)
The Monkey King Sun Wukong is big business, and nowhere has he been bigger in recent years than in Chean Pou-soi’s trilogy of lush, Hollywood-style Monkey King films. This third episode was released back in 2018, and followed the hugely successful Monkey … Continue reading REVIEW: The Monkey King 3 (2018)
Soil Cheang’s 2014 fantasy The Monkey King adapted the early chapters of Journey to the West, depicting an out-of-control Sun Wukong being tricked by the villainous Bull Demon King to rampage through heaven. As punishment, Wukong was trapped underneath a mountain for 500 … Continue reading REVIEW: The Monkey King 2 (2016)
After a failed demonic attack on Heaven, the rebuilding process inadvertently creates a supernaturally powerful monkey. After growing up to become the powerful but mischievous Monkey King (Donnie Yen), he finds himself manipulated by the vengeful Bull Demon King (Aaron … Continue reading REVIEW: The Monkey King (2014)
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