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The Mad Monk

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The gods in heaven complain to the Jade Emperor about the malicious practical jokes played on them by Dragon Fighter Lohan.

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Sean Gilman The Chinese Cinema All the evidence one would really need to know that To and Chow’s collaborations were not happy experiences is to simply watch The Mad Monk, a film by a remarkable collection of great artists that is simply just not very good nor very much fun to watch. Jun 10, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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camille l Comme d'habitude dans les comédies 90s avec Stephen Chow, The Mad Monk oscille fortement entre l'hystérique fatigant et le réellement brillant. De retour avec Johnnie To, son Mad Monk est malheureusement plus proche de la première solution que de la deuxième. C'est assez dommage car si Stephen Chow n'est vraiment pas top, le supporting cast composé de gens comme Maggie Cheung, Anthony Wong, Man Tat Ng ou Anita Mui parvient à être vraiment drôle. Mais à l'instar de leur précédent Justice, My Foot, The Mad Monk dépasse allègrement son quart d'heure de bienvenue. Bruyant, occasionnellement intelligent et surtout d'une lenteur sans nom, The Mad Monk ne restera pas dans les annales des films de Johnnie To. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member A classic. A masterpiece. Took me a an unforgettable journey. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member The best way of defining this comic/fantasy extravaganza starring Stephen Chow (and a lot of the noisy, capricious, members of chinese pantheon) is intoxicating. Heavenly blessed with the gift of weirdness, it mingles live action with the frantic, dynamic nature of anime from nearby Japan. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member I haven't hated a movie this much very many times.<br/><br/>I have seen probably like four-or-five hundred chinese movies including most of stephen chow's work which is awesome but I did not understand one damn line in this movie. The subtitles were just THAT BAD. All I can do is rate it as a Canadian white dude and say: stay far far far away, unless you can find a high quality copy or don't need subtitles.... in that case, take a chance if you're a Chow fan like me. Probably doesn't exist right now. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member This film is very funny... Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Fairly entertaining movie. The ending part is been make like Miss Hong Kong kind of finale, that's funny. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis The gods in heaven complain to the Jade Emperor about the malicious practical jokes played on them by Dragon Fighter Lohan.
Director
Johnnie To, Tony Ching Siu Tung
Producer
Mona Fong
Screenwriter
Sandy Shaw Lai-King
Genre
Fantasy, Comedy
Original Language
Chinese
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 11, 2017
Runtime
1h 29m
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