![]() He criticized that the CGI effect is more credible than the story is and that both of two romantic leads have no chemistry. ![]() Ĭhinese critic Raymond Zhou regards The Monkey King 3 as inferior to its predecessor, The Monkey King 2. She also points out that even the Queen's still "begging for the men's help" and notes that The Monkey King 3 is missing its opportunity to make the female characters "active-not-reactive". As for actors, Aaron Kwok delivers a "strong performance.that's far more nuanced than it needs to be", while "Feng and Zhao are a less than riveting couple, making their dilemmas leaden soap opera instead of compelling crises of conscience or identity". Įlizabeth Kerr from The Hollywood Reporter believes that the film is "bonker(s), but in a charming, delirious sort of way" with "enough eye-catching set pieces". On Tianjin Maoyan Culture Media's ticketing website the film has received a 7.8/10 from the audience based on over 240,000 reviews. On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating, the film has a weighted average score of 51 out of 100 based on 4 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 29% based on seven reviews, and an average rating of 4.8/10. The Monkey King 3 was released in China on February 16, 2018. Principal photography began in December 2016 and concluded in early April 2017. Hollywood talent Shaun Smith ( 300, I am Legend, The Monkey King 2) returned as the special makeup effects supervisor/designer for the Monkey King 3. Liu Tao, Lin Chi-ling, and Gigi Leung joined the cast for this installment. The original cast members of The Monkey King 2: Aaron Kwok, Feng Shaofeng, Xiaoshenyang and Him Law reprised their roles as Sun Wukong, Tang Sanzang, Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing respectively in the film. Zhao Liying was cast in the role of the Ruler of Women's Country. Zhao Liying as the Ruler of Women's Country.Him Law as Sha Wujing, the water-buffalo.Xiaoshenyang as Zhu Bajie, the pig demon.Feng Shaofeng as Tang Sanzang, the Buddhist monk.Aaron Kwok as Sun Wukong, the Monkey King.As Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing search for a way out of this nation surrounded by a vast magical net, it soon transpires, conveniently, that romantic love is the only key to opening the gate. Love nevertheless blossoms between Tang Sanzang and the Womanland's young queen ( Zhao Liying), even though her royal preceptor ( Gigi Leung) is hell-bent on sentencing the men to death. Sun Wukong ( Aaron Kwok), Tang Sanzang ( Feng Shaofeng), Zhu Bajie ( Xiaoshenyang) and Sha Wujing ( Him Law) – inadvertently enter the Womanland of Western Liang, a nation populated by women raised to believe that men are fatally deceptive in matters of the heart. The film was released on February 16, 2018, the first day of the Chinese New Year holiday period. Directed and produced by Cheang Pou-soi, the film stars Aaron Kwok, Feng Shaofeng, Xiao Shenyang, Him Law and Zhao Liying. The film is the third installment of the Monkey King franchise, after The Monkey King (2014) and The Monkey King 2 (2016). The spirit of his appreciation for life was contagious, and I found myself feeling better about my own reality as a result.The Monkey King 3 is a 2018 Chinese fantasy film based on the classic novel Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en. I thoroughly enjoyed the spirit of innocence and interminable joy demonstrated by the Monkey King at each stage of his travels. The special effects were not the cutting edge I've grown to expect from Hollywood, but considering the complex fantasy nature of the story, I'm glad that they didn't waste time and money trying to go that route since this story is obviously full of ancient iconic elements that have such a nebulous foundation with each other and history that the relationships between them and the time-line of events would not have flowed as well if they had. Being an American imbued in this ego-mongering, greed-centric culture and it's pitifully vacuous religious folklore and totally unfamiliar with the story behind the 'Monkey King', I was hesitant to watch this since I had to read subtitles which turned out to be difficult at best due to translation issues, but I did manage to get the gist of the story as it unfolded, and I couldn't help becoming involved in the characters soon after it began.
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