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Monk Comes Down the Mountain

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A young, Taoist monk begins a journey when he is ejected from a humble monastery.
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James Marsh Screen International Packed with action and steeped in tradition, Chen Kaige's return to the wuxia genre is an exhilarating drama, as concerned with the philosophy behind martial arts as with their lethal execution. Jul 22, 2015 Full Review Read all reviews

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Aly G This movie is all over the place. The protagonist experienced so many losses of his master that it became like an absolute mess in determining who his real master is. I’d like to focus on the monk protagonist, but it feels like even this movie doesn’t know if it’s the monk who is the protagonist or if it's the last master he had. Moreover, it looked like this movie prioritized getting popular actors to play in this film that it underbudgeted the setting. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/23/25 Full Review Hendrawan B This movie is trying too hard to be like a Stephen Chow's movie. Even the movie itself is confused whether it is trying to be a comedy one or a tragic one. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 09/22/25 Full Review PUNKROCK N 👹ถ้าบางคนดูผิวเผินภาพยนตร์เรื่องนี้ก็บอกว่าให้คะแนนต่ำมากหรือว่าเฉยๆแต่สำหรับฉันแล้วการเล่าเรื่องไปเรื่อยๆ ฉันชอบแนวการต่อสู้มากๆภาพยนตร์เรื่องนี้ฉันชอบมากเลยฉันดูหลายรอบฉันให้ 5 ดาวเลย👹 Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/20/25 Full Review Rosana B Chatinho, entretanto, legalzinho e às vezes até engraçadinho, a primeira metade foi mais agradável, o drama mais envolvente, a segunda metade perdeu o teor dramático, tornou-se menos cativante, focou nas cenas de ação, a fotografia e figurino impecáveis, me agrada à alegoria também, da China antiga, regular, quase legal... Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 10/13/22 Full Review Audience Member Boring! The story is in bits and pieces and just throwing in quotes to make it like a zen movie! Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member As martial arts movies go, this one is great, with plenty of excellent action sequences (unspoiled by lame Kung Fu skills) and an interesting and complex storyline, by turns dramatic, bizarre, and hilarious (the sequence where the hero eats some hallucinogenic food is truly ROFL funny). Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A young, Taoist monk begins a journey when he is ejected from a humble monastery.
Director
Chen Kaige
Producer
Chen Hong
Production Co
Columbia Pictures
Genre
Action, History, Drama
Original Language
Chinese
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 17, 2016
Runtime
2h 3m
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