The Monkey King 2

Journey to the West gets the full blockbuster treatment in this deliriously spirited retelling starring Aaron Kwok as the titular mythological anti-hero pressed into service by the Goddess of Mercy to protect the monk Xuanzang (Feng Shaofeng) on his mission to retrieve Buddhist sutras from India.  Gong Li has a devilish time as the monk’s evil nemesis, the White Bone Demon.

DCP, color, in Mandarin with English subtitles, 119 min.  DIR: Soi Cheang.  SCR: Ran Ping, Ran Jianan, Elvis Man, Yin Yiyi.  CAST: Aaron Kwok, Gong Li, Feng Shaofeng.