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Watch Donnie Yen fight Chow Yun Fat with his hair in this trailer for THE MONKEY KING!

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In case you were wondering, no, this whole trend of similar movies all releasing at the same time is not just a Hollywood thing. Case in point: The Monkey King, a new big budget, over the top, crazy CGI epic telling the countless times adapted Chinese folk tale, “Journey to the West”. Not to be confused with Stephen “Kung Fu Hustle” Chow’s Journey to the West, a new big budget, over the top, crazy CGI epic.

So how do you tell the two apart? Easy, The Monkey King has Donnie Yen and Chow Yun Fat in it. Also, magical monkey dandruff* that turns into tiny ass-kicking monkeys. Did I mention this was kind of crazy?

The film is based on selected chapters of Wu Cheng’en’s classical novel Journey to the West and will tell the story of how the Monkey King (Donnie Yen) rebels against the Jade Emperor of Heaven (Chow Yun Fat).

Donnie Yen. Chow Yun Fat. For most fans of Asian cinema, those two names are enough to secure your bum in a cinema seat. I should know, my bum is one of them. But I have a feeling that this may just be too batshit bonkers for some cinemagoers. I mean, did you see that trailer?! And the early 2000’s videogame level CGI certainly isn’t helping matters much.

That being said, I’m always willing to watch Donnie Yen punch and kick somebody, even when he’s dressed as a golden monkey. 

The Monkey King also stars Aaron Kwok and Miss World 2007 Zhang Zilin and is scheduled for release in its native China on January 31, 2014, but no further international release dates have been set yet.

*Yes, I know that it isn’t really dandruff, and that Sun Wukong aka the Monkey King is supposed to have the ability to regenerate copies of himself from every strand of his hair, but then the joke just wouldn’t be as funnier.

Last Updated: January 10, 2014

11 Comments

  1. Looks pretty sweet!

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  2. Matthew Holliday

    January 10, 2014 at 09:19

    oh yes, another quality chinese movie aimed at breaking into the western market.
    fyeah!
    Donnie Yen ftw
    I didnt even no Chow Yun Fat was still around

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  3. CypherGate

    January 10, 2014 at 09:32

    Im a HUGE fan of Donnie Yen and would watch all his movies. Even though this one looks a bit too outrageous cause of the CGI effects thats not that great ill still watch it cause of Donnie! They need Pacific Rim and Marvel Avengers grade CGI for this movie.

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    • James Francis

      January 10, 2014 at 14:12

      Have you seen Legend of the Fist? Could have been great, but the script is all over the place.

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      • CypherGate

        January 10, 2014 at 15:13

        I never checked out that movie yet. Ill have to.

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  4. James Francis

    January 10, 2014 at 14:13

    I’m wary of these Far Eastern CG extravaganzas. Often if there is too much flash, the fight scenes suffer.

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    • Kervyn Cloete

      January 10, 2014 at 14:56

      Yeah, that’s been my experience too, hence my wariness.

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    • CypherGate

      January 10, 2014 at 15:13

      That as well. If there is too much Effects the actual fights alone suffers. Even with some hollywood blockbusters.

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      • James Francis

        January 11, 2014 at 09:10

        I also think so many effects mean they use green screens a lot, which then mean they stop using wide or locked-off shots – which carry the fights better. They basically just go totally OTT with the angles.

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        • CypherGate

          January 11, 2014 at 09:16

          That’s so true. Even though it’s obvious that they want to achieve the same style and effects as anime movies and games the problem comes in where u really can’t sacrifice cgi quality. Once that goes down it just makes a scene(coupled with bad camera angles) look bad and just confuses the audience.

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  5. abzSUNOFMAN

    January 10, 2014 at 14:30

    been hearing echoes of this in the chasms of my wet dreams…. kannie wag nie!

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