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Director:

Peter MacDonald

Writer (WGA):

David Henry Hwang (written by)

Contact:

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Release Date:

11 March 2001 (USA) more

Tagline:

Reluctant hero, beautiful goddess, three days to save the world. more

Plot:

American journalist Nick Orton is caught up in the world of Chinese gods and monsters while on a search... more | add synopsis

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Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 nomination more

User Comments:

Three days to save the world. more (42 total)


Cast

  (Credited cast)

Thomas Gibson ... Nicholas Orton

Ling Bai ... Kwan Ying
Russell Wong ... Monkey King

Ric Young ... Confucius

Kabir Bedi ... Friar Sand

Eddie Marsan ... Pigsy

Randall Duk Kim ... Shu
Henry O ... Wu
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Annette Badland ... Confusion's 4th Wife

Inday Ba ... Elizabeth

Terence Beesley ... Prince of Confusion
Simon Bernstein ... Umbrella King
Jacqui Chan ... Mother Superior
Cecil Cheng ... Monkey
Anthony Chinn ... Citizen 1

James Faulkner ... Marcus Harding

Turbo Kong ... Big Demon (as Turbo)
Burt Kwouk ... Professor Sheng

Hossan Leong ... Spectacles Demon
Stiven Liang ... Terracotta warrior II
Pik Sen Lim ... Granny monkey
Kwong Loke ... Imperial Crier
Richard Ng ... Communist Official
Olga Sosnovska ... Linda
Chia Suan ... Whitesnake

Hon Ping Tang ... Nine Inch Nail Demon
Picasso Tan ... Pointy Head Demon
Gregory Teo ... Chef 1
Hua Chung Ting
Ian U'Chong ... Rat Demon
Yuka Uto ... Maiden 2
Teo-Wa Vuong ... Maiden (as Teo Wa)
Teo Wa ... Maiden 1
Ozzie Yue ... Citizen 2
Sai-Kit Yung ... Jade Emperor (as Stuart Ong)
Jeremy Zhang ... Barman
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

The Monkey King (UK) (USA) (working title)
Monkey King - Ein Krieger zwischen den Welten (Germany)
The Lost Empire: The Legend of the Monkey King (International: English title)
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Runtime:

Brazil:150 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Finland:K-11 | USA:Unrated


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Loosely based on the story from classical Chinese Literature "Journey to the West". more

Movie Connections:

References The Fly (1958) more


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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Three days to save the world., 13 April 2008
5/10
Author: lastliberal from Florida

This movie is a contemporary take on the classic Chinese novel "Journey to the West," which is a fictionalized account of the legends around the Buddhist monk Xuánzàng's pilgrimage to India during the Táng dynasty in order to obtain Buddhist religious texts called sutras.

The ministers have imprisoned the writer of the book, and are attempting to destroy it to reverse time back to traditional Chinese life, i.e. before any modernization. The modern world will be destroyed unless The Scholar From Above (Thomas Gibson) can enter the underworld and save it.

Don't make any mistake. Gibson would not have taken one step except for the fact that he was following the luscious Bai Ling, who anyone would follow to the gates of Hell.

He rescues Sun Wukong the Monkey King (Russell Wong - Romeo Must Die), and is joined by Zhu Bajie(Pigsy)(Eddie Marsan - 21 Grams, Vera Drake) and Sha Wujing (Friar Sand) (Kabir Bedi - Octopussy) to save the book and save the world. It is almost a Wizard of Oz adventure, as they all have personal issues to resolve in addition to the mission.

Of course, Kuan Yin (Bai Ling) appears any time he utters a prayer. Thankfully, for the many appearance of Bai Ling make this film worth watching. She is usually in another spectacular costume each time she appears.

Besides spectacular costumes, the sets were lavishly decorated. The special effects were magnificent, and the martial arts displays exciting.

It was overly long, but most great adventures are. Anyway. that is more time to watch Bai Ling.

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