![]() ![]() The Monkey King 2 is served well by Cheang’s willingness to keep the story straightforward and linear, weaving the various threads together seamlessly and complementing it with its outré action and stunts rather than smothering it with them. Before long they discover someone has been kidnapping children from small villages, and later they cross paths with the White Bone Spirit (Gong Li), who wants to “eat” Xuanzang in order to gain eternal life, youth and beauty. ![]() Watery Wujing (Him Law) and pig-demon Baije ( Xiao Shenyang) join them as disciples along the way, and the quartet heads out on something of a picaresque journey. Wukong (Kwok, taking over Yen’s role) escapes his prison underneath the Five Elements Mountain and is ordered by the Goddess Kuanyin to escort a young monk, Xuanzang (William Feng), west to collect the sacred scrolls that will bring peace to the world. ![]() The sequel picks up after the end of the first Monkey King with the more familiar chunk from the source material. ![]()
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