The Monkey King 

American journalist Nick Orton is caught up in the world of Chinese gods and monsters while on a search for the long lost manuscript to 'Hsi Yu Chi' (The Journey to the West) by Wu Ch'eng ... See full summary »

Stars:

Thomas Gibson, Bai Ling, Russell Wong

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 3 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Thomas Gibson	...	Nicholas Orton 2 episodes, 2001
Bai Ling	...	Kwan Ying 2 episodes, 2001
Russell Wong	...	Monkey King 2 episodes, 2001
Ric Young	...	Confucius 2 episodes, 2001
Kabir Bedi	...	Friar Sand 2 episodes, 2001
Eddie Marsan	...	Pigsy 2 episodes, 2001
Randall Duk Kim	...	Shu 2 episodes, 2001
Henry O	...	Wu Chan Yen 2 episodes, 2001
Kay Siu Lim	...	Subodhi 2 episodes, 2001
Burt Kwouk	...	Professor Sheng 2 episodes, 2001
James Faulkner	...	Marcus Harding 2 episodes, 2001
Sai-Kit Yung	...	Jade Emperor 2 episodes, 2001
Kwong Loke	...	Imperial Crier 2 episodes, 2001
Yu Beng Lim	...	Skeleton Demon 2 episodes, 2001
Turbo Kong	...	Big Demon 2 episodes, 2001
Hossan Leong	...	Spectacles Demon 2 episodes, 2001
Hon Ping Tang	...	Nine Inch Nail Demon 2 episodes, 2001
Picasso Tan	...	Pointy Head Demon 2 episodes, 2001
Pik Sen Lim	...	Granny Monkey 2 episodes, 2001
Jacqueline Chan	...	Mother Superior 2 episodes, 2001
Terence Beesley	...	Prince of Confusion 2 episodes, 2001
Inday Ba	...	Elizabeth 2 episodes, 2001
Chia Suan	...	Whitesnake 2 episodes, 2001
Gregory Teo	...	Chef 1 2 episodes, 2001
Ian U'Chong	...	Chef 2 2 episodes, 2001
Annette Badland	...	Confusion's 4th Wife 2 episodes, 2001
Olga Sosnovska	...	Linda 2 episodes, 2001
Richard Ng	...	Communist Official 2 episodes, 2001
Jeremy Zhang	...	Barman / ... 2 episodes, 2001
Nicholas Lee	...	Terracotta Warrior 1 2 episodes, 2001
Stiven Liang	...	Terracotta Warrior 2 2 episodes, 2001
Chester See	...	Terracotta Warrior 3 2 episodes, 2001
Takatsuna Mukai	...	Wolf-Demon General 2 episodes, 2001
Steven Woon	...	Bearded Priest 2 episodes, 2001
Marjorie Ho	...	Old Liang 2 episodes, 2001
Cecil Cheng	...	Monkey 2 episodes, 2001
Teo-Wa Vuong	...	Maiden 1 2 episodes, 2001
Yuka Uto	...	Maiden 2 2 episodes, 2001
Anthony Chinn	...	Citizen 1 2 episodes, 2001
Ozzie Yue	...	Citizen 2 2 episodes, 2001
Simon Bernstein	...	Umbrella King 2 episodes, 2001

Storyline

American journalist Nick Orton is caught up in the world of Chinese gods and monsters while on a search for the long lost manuscript to 'Hsi Yu Chi' (The Journey to the West) by Wu Ch'eng En. He is accompanied on his journey by a humanoid ape with incredible strength and magical powers, a humanoid pig-man, and his brother-in-arms, an ex-cannibal. Based on one of the greatest stories in Chinese history.

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Plot Keywords:

monkey king | chinese | demon | dragon | manuscript | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Adventure | Fantasy

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Certificate:

Unrated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Uses several visual ideas from "The Monkey King" television series from the 1960s.

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Quotes

Nicholas Orton: So I might never get rich, buy my own jet, or even maintain a stock portfolio. But when I look in her eyes, I know that none of these things really matter.

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Connections

References The Fly (1958)

User Reviews

Abominable trash

Surprisingly and shockingly awful. There are a lot of significant events, but no story. Constant stickfights that all look the same, aren't very exciting, and all the good guys win far too easily so no tension is created, do not make a movie action packed. Constant scenes of giant whirlpools or people flying do not make a movie magical when the scenes are poorly done and completely unmotivated by character. Watching two people kiss and express their love for one another does not make a movie romantic unless the two characters have some chemistry and interaction. The problem isn't that this movie is cheesy and formulaic. The problem is that the cheesy formula is unbelievably poorly executed. The characters are never developed, the special effects (especially the tiger) are often second rate, the story is not only derivative of every fantasy movie ever but derivative of itself (two separate villages that have had their children kidnapped by bad people), at least don't repeat your own ideas in the same movie. Dialogue is awful and cardboard, and the acting is pretty much lousy. This is everything the typical, paint-by-numbers approach to movie making yields. This movie is so bad it's insulting to it's audience. Horrible. Save yourselves and don't go near this worthless mess of a mini-series.

Details

Country:

Czech Republic Germany Singapore USA

Language:

English Chinese

Release Date:

2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Monkey King

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hallmark Entertainment, RTL, Babelsberg International Film Produktion

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1