The Monkey King

The Monkey King (también conocida como The Monkey King: Havoc in Heaven's Palace) es una película de acción y fantasía hongkonesa-china de 2014 dirigida por Soi Cheang y protagonizada por Donnie Yen como el protagonista titular Sun Wukong. Yen también se desempeña como director de acción de la película. La película también cuenta con Donald Chow, Aaron Kwok, Joe Chen y Peter Ho. La producción comenzó en Beijing el 18 de octubre de 2010 y se filmó en 3D. La trama se basa en un episodio de Journey to the West, un clásico literario chino del siglo XVI escrito en la dinastía Ming por Wu Cheng'en. Se estrenó el 31 de enero de 2014 y recibió reseñas mixtas de los críticos. Una secuela, titulada The Monkey King 2, se estrenó en febrero de 2016. Plot During an attack on Heaven, the Bull Demon King battles and loses against the Jade Emperor, the ruler of Heaven. The Emperor's sister and Bull Demon King's lover, Princess Iron Fan, convinces the Emperor to spare him and banishes him, Princess Iron Fan, and the rest of the demons to Flaming Mountain. The goddess Nüwa sacrifices her body to rebuild Heaven with crystals. The Jade Emperor appoints his nephew Erlang Shen to guard the Southern Gate, despite Erlang's resentment of the task. One of the crystals falls to Mount Huaguo, taking the form of a monkey over time. A nine-tailed fox is scarred after touching the crystal and whisked away by a mysterious force. Years later, the monkey is taken in and trained by Subhuti, naming him Sun Wukong. The Bull Demon King plans to invade heaven again by using Wukong and preying on Erlang's anger towards the Jade Emperor. Erlang agrees to help the Demon King in exchange for getting to kill his uncle and take Heaven's throne. The plan is kept secret from Princess Iron Fan, who is pregnant with the Demon King's child. Wukong travels to the palace of the Dragon King to find weapons for the Mount Huaguo monkeys. After defeating the Dragon King, Wukong becomes intrigued by a staff planted in the sea. He removes it, causing a violent storm. The Bull Demon King asks a young Vixen if she'd like to meet her old friend again. She is revealed to be the nine-tailed fox and the Demon King as the force that whisked her away, claiming to have saved her life. After the Dragon King informs Heaven of Wukong's destruction, Erlang sends Nezha to arrest him.