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A monk and his three disciples continue on their journey to battle demons.A monk and his three disciples continue on their journey to battle demons.A monk and his three disciples continue on their journey to battle demons.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 8 nominations total
Kenny Lin
- The Monkey King, Sun Wukong
- (as Gengxin Lin)
Likun Wang
- Spider (Qi Qin)
- (as Claudia Wang)
Da Peng
- Taoist exorcist
- (as Peng Da)
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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 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.
This did not do well. The fantasy has been attempted with a different but poor approach. A combination of traditional powers and modern technology is also attempted but that too on the poor side. The good cards established in the first part are skipped and replaced by inferior elements. The Buddha is introduced abruptly without logical consistency. Comedy is also poor. This did not do well. Disappointed.
There is no doubt that this movie having very success in China, maybe will be the top one seller on this month. But,For my opinion , a good box office never equal to good movie, especially in China. Cause you never will know how important a actor can have their fans with money without brain. Their fans will never eject how their idol is never suit for acting. I tell the truth, no one laughed at the cinema instead of awarded. Even the children told to his mother to leave the sit because it really boring.A lot of people over-read about this movie, even the writer said "stop this, i never mean that".i don't think you made up a very analogical reason to say this movie is good is really good for the movie.
Wish there was another chapter of 'Journey to the west' with Miss Duan reincarnation.
Quiet enjoyed the other chapters of 'Journey to the West', but i wish the love story take a next step.
I really don't have any idea if the myth contains Miss Duan reincarnation, but i just wish that the love story of the Monk and Miss Duan continues with her reincarnation and not with the Monk carrying the memories of the past.
Actress Shu qi has played her role so well that whenever i think of the Monk's love all i that comes to my mind is Shu qi. I would really like to see her if there is any new chapter.
Quiet enjoyed the other chapters of 'Journey to the West', but i wish the love story take a next step.
I really don't have any idea if the myth contains Miss Duan reincarnation, but i just wish that the love story of the Monk and Miss Duan continues with her reincarnation and not with the Monk carrying the memories of the past.
Actress Shu qi has played her role so well that whenever i think of the Monk's love all i that comes to my mind is Shu qi. I would really like to see her if there is any new chapter.
No story, no character development, ugly battles and a bad taste CGI festival. The first episode was definitely not the best Chow but this sequel is just a waste of ime and money.
Did you know
- TriviaThere are two actors from the first film to play in this movie. Chen Si Hang as Nameless Master and Shu Qi as Miss Duan.
- Crazy creditsThere is post credit scene.
- ConnectionsFollows Journey to the west: Conquering the demons (2013)
- SoundtracksGood Kid
Performed by Kris Wu and Jing Tan
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- Also known as
- Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back
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Box office
- Budget
- $63,300,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $880,346
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $463,883
- Feb 5, 2017
- Gross worldwide
- $247,585,244
- Runtime
- 1h 49m(109 min)
- Color
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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