Crazy Alien (2019)

A monkey trainer whose act goes wrong after an alien crash lands on Earth and injures his monkey. Desperate to perform the act, he attempts to train the alien instead, though is punished after the alien regains his powers.

Director:

Hao Ning

Writers:

Wang Ang (story consultant), Steven Gary Banks (screenwriter)

Stars:

Bo Huang, Teng Shen, Tom Pelphrey

2 wins & 12 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Bo Huang	...	Geng Hao
Teng Shen	...	Da Fei
Tom Pelphrey	...	John Stockton
Matthew Morrison	...	Captain Zach Andrews
Daniel Hugh Kelly	...	The President of the United States
Zheng Xu	...	Alien (Facial Expression) / Boss Xu
Hua Liu	...	Master Liao
Hewei Yu	...	Brother Liu
Fei Deng	...	Director Ma
Mekael Turner	...	Agent A
Ge Wang	...	Larry
Kat Nelson	...	CIA Officer (as Kat Ann Nelson)
Shan Yang	...	Brother Kuan
Zhao Ping	...	Brother Kuan's Company #1
He Maohua	...	Brother Kuan's Company #2

Storyline

A monkey trainer whose act goes wrong after an alien crash lands on Earth and injures his monkey. Desperate to perform the act, he attempts to train the alien instead, though is punished after the alien regains his powers.

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Plot Keywords:

train | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Sci-Fi

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Did You Know?

Trivia

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) released a video by an on-set whistleblower on March 19, 2018, which showed the dog in a cage being lifted by a crane, and thrown into a waterway multiple times. But later it was shown that the video was deliberately edited to mislead the viewer thinking it was an animal abuse. After the PETA video event, director Ning Hao decided to delete that scene from the final film to show the respect, that dog on the set was later adopted by Ning Hao himself.

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Soundtracks

Crazy Alien
Lyrics & Music by Long Liang
Arranged bt=y Second Hand Rose
Performed by Bo Huang, Teng Shen & Long Liang

User Reviews

Very Funny - If you know some Chinese culture

I would say this is funnier than Ning Hao's previous movies, i.e., Crazy Stone series. However, there are some Chinese culture elements that are essential to understand the joy.

You will notice there are a lot things about alcohol, which is a very important culture element. For instance, drinking high degree alcohol is a way to bring people closer in a dinner table, and these alcohols are very popular in China. No wonder people want to sell them to aliens!

In the late half of the movie, the alien is angry and made a mess in the theme park. This is paying a tribute to the most famous fairy tale character, the monkey king, who has made a mess in the royal palace in the heaven.

For Chinese watching CCTV's Spring Festival, you will hear the famous theme Nan Wang Jing Xiao, reminding you that this is on stage for Spring Festival holidays.

For western viewers, you guys probably only understand the theme song from 2001: A Space Odyssey. You are really missing a lot of the culture funs in the movie.

Finally, I find the most powerful nation "ArmarNika" (sounds close) pretty funny.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official Twiiter

Country:

China

Language:

Chinese English

Release Date:

5 February 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

Crazy Alien

Box Office

Budget:

$105,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$327,598,891

Company Credits

Production Co:

Huanxi Media Group, Dirty Monkey Films Group, Beijing Enlight Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

116 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.55 : 1