SummaryAfter killing Miss Duan in the last story, Monkey King is now tamed by Tang Sanzang and has become one of his disciples. Tang continues his journey to the West with Monkey King, Sandy and Pigsy. They encounter and flight with many demons during their treacherous journey. These demon battles enable them to grow and learn how to become a better per... Read More
Directed By:Hark Tsui
Written By:Stephen Chow, Si-Cheun Lee, Hark Tsui, Jia Jia Wei, Cheng'en Wu
Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back
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Feb 3, 2017
75
The result is both a madcap success on its own bizarre terms and an informative distillation of each auteur's sensibility.
Feb 2, 2017
70
Wu and Lin have great chemistry, but only because Chow was smart enough to reimagine Journey to the West as a rare character-driven big-budget action-adventure — the kind of thing Americans might love if they knew it existed.
Feb 3, 2017
58
If anything, Demons Strike Back is an even zanier and more kid-friendly affair than the Chow original. Yet without Chow’s unique strain of silliness, it also feels louder and more antic while covering less ground.
Feb 1, 2017
50
The Demon Strikes Back soldiers loudly along, alternating between high-octane, digitally enhanced skirmishes and the equally cacophonic bickering between the monk and the monkey.
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Feb 3, 2017
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Taking over for directing duties for this sequel is Tsui Hark, while Stephen Chow wrote & is producing this, 2 legendary film makers collaborating. Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back, Let me just say this, this is slightly not as good as its predecessor in storytelling but very entertaining, nonetheless. I do believe, this was a risk that Stephen Chow took with this sequel but I fairly enjoyed it. I love the visuals, the action sequences are filled with astounding CGI (The special effects were far better than I expected, another instance that I thought was amazing Computer-generated imagery was when Sun Wukong gets into his monkey form), this movie's style definitely has Tsui Hark written all over it. In my opinion, I thought this movie lack the cohesiveness the first movie had. But then there's something about this one that I am very fond of. Maybe it's the unique take on it, I've always liked Stephen Chow's inventiveness for his films, his imagination. Overall, I truly enjoyed it, I thought it was an entertaining movie, get a laugh, a fun & action packed journey, with eye-popping CGI, worth watching.
Production Company:
- Film Workshop
- Star Overseas
- Alibaba Pictures Group
- China Film Group Corporation (CFGC)
- Kaizen Studio
Release Date:Feb 3, 2017
Duration:1 h 49 m
Rating:PG-13
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Awards
Hong Kong Film Awards
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
Movie Heroes Awards, China
• 3 Nominations
Beijing Student Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
