Wu Kong (2017) Reviews

• A very pleasant surprise

  yupman2017-11-15

  Those expecting another cheapo Asian martial arts flick will be pleasantly disappointed. Wu Kong is clever extension of the Monkey God yarn but filmed in a beautiful and fantastical way, coupled with some poignant scenes and social commentary. The acting was well done by the eye candy leads and the action sequences were interesting too. The CGI was also better than usual. All in all, I was very entertained and actually felt for the characters.

• Blown away!!!!

  robertbeech2018-05-15

  Hi, Here I am a 62 year old (please translate " foreign devil" ) remembering my very young time in the 70's of watching Monkey on the public broadcaster in Australia. I didn't really understand it very well but was throughl6 entertained by the pathos of the 30 minute program and associated adventures. Thank you to the producers actors and directors of this version of the epic Monkey the King. It was ver6 educational and entertaining. Thanks Regards Rob

• I will watch this movie each time the occasion pops up

  gorg-basil2018-05-20

  I love this movie and I will watch it many times! I wanted to submit as a review just what is said above, but IMDBS says that my review is too short. So I will say this: 1. I have no idea how such works are rated 5; 2. People should be obligated to post reviews in order to rate movies; 3. If you are a fan of Monkey King as a hero/character go watch this now!!! 4. If you are a fan of Wuxia genre and martial arts in general go watch this now!!! It's a beautiful story, great visuals, multiple well written characters, great acting. I'm so happy I watched this, It was an experience!

• Another CGI mess

  Leofwine_draca2018-06-02

  LEGEND OF WU KONG is another mainland China film with the famous literary character of Monkey as the hero. Sadly, it seems to bear little resemblance to the novel, which I've read. Instead, it turns out to be a generic CGI adventure, with Wu Kong and his allies fighting back against an evil witch with all manner of minions at her command. The film seems to be made up of bits and pieces of other, better movies. There are fights with guys styled on the Immortals from 300 as well as some wire-work kung fu (not much, mind) straight out of 1990s-era Hong Kong. Look out for the occasional cheesy romance moment. Mostly, though, this is just bland and soulless green screen work in which all the money went into the CGI. Only occasionally does it impress; my favourite scene is with the cloud snake. Eddie Peng is an irritating choice as Wu Kong, although that's more the way the character is written than anything else. Shawn Yue co-stars, but has very little to work with either. You'd be better off watching the old and charming Japanese TV series than wasting your time on this.

• Ah waw amazing

  xtreme472017-11-28

  I really appreciate they make these kind of movies in China. A perfect movie, scenes, actors, cgi, story ... beats from far lots of American movies. Emotional and fantastic in the same time, a great movie. Together with Monkey King the movie, my amazing goes up to the sky. Amazing Chinese movie!