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The Monkey King
MEANRANK
44/100
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 27, highest is Trakt on 57. Critics average 27, everyone else 47.
See the most agreed on films →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. Thus, according to legend, Buddhism is brought to ancient China.
Details
- Director
- Soi Cheang
- Writers
- Chan Tai-Lee, Edmond Wong, Szeto Kam-Yuen, Xin Huo
- Studio
- Filmko Pictures, Mandarin Films, Beijing Wen Hua Dong Run Investment, China Film Group Corporation
- Released
- 9 January 2014
- Country
- China, Hong Kong
- Language
- Chinese
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $82.0M
- Box office
- $182.2M
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