All three stars are hamstrung in their roles, forced to play the fool or brood anti-heroically in place of a script that actually gives them something real and meaty to do. The movie is remarkably faithful to some elements of the novel, and deviates tragically in others. In practice, everything about The Monkey King screams travesty. In theory, this is a film to get enormously excited about. Hollywood talents have been recruited to oversee the make-up and special effects for the film. It stars three of Chinese cinema's most familiar and respected faces: Donnie Yen, Chow Yun-Fat and Aaron Kwok. It's an adaptation of Journey To The West, the classic Chinese novel which tells the hugely-beloved tale of a daring, gifted monkey who falls from the heavens and must find his way back again. On paper, everything about The Monkey King screams blockbuster.
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