Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back

Play trailer

1:17

Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back

PG-13

Released Feb 3, 2017

1h 49m

Fantasy

Adventure

Action

Comedy

Play Trailer

Watchlist

Watchlist

Tomatometer

Popcornmeter

64%

Tomatometer

11 Reviews

50%

Popcornmeter

500+ Ratings

A monk (Kris Wu) and his disciples encounter a spider demon and other fantastic creatures on their travels.

Watch on Fandango at Home

Buy Now

Jake Wilson

The Age (Australia)

This time round, though, there's more high-spirited whimsy than laugh-out-loud humour.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 8, 2017

Full Review

Jesse Hassenger

AV Club

If anything, Demons Strike Back is an even zanier and more kid-friendly affair than the Chow original. Yet without Chow's unique strain of silliness, it also feels louder and more antic while covering less ground.

Rated: C+

Feb 3, 2017

Full Review

Scout Tafoya

RogerEbert.com

A madcap success on its own bizarre terms and an informative distillation of each auteur's sensibility.

Rated: 3/4

Feb 3, 2017

Full Review

Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

The kid friendly comical martial arts film draws only a smattering of laughs.

Rated: B-

Jun 16, 2018

Full Review

Sean Gilman

MUBI

This tension between tradition and subversion results in a curiously unstable film; easy enough to watch in the moment, but unnaturally slippery in meaning.

Rated: 4/5

Dec 19, 2017

Full Review

Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

Mildly entertaining with dazzling visual spectacle, but more silly, exhausting and outrageous rather than fun or funny.

Rated: 5.8/10

Apr 4, 2017

Full Review

Read all reviews

Fred B

This is easily the best wukong movie I have ever seen(it was really tough to beat the first movie but they pulled it off). All these gen Z haters haven't watched a fantastic movie ever! PLEASE MAKE A PART 3 I BEG OF YOU AND BRING IN STEPHEN CHOW, HE IS THE SOUL OF THIS MOVIE. ALSO KEEP USING THE SOUNDTRACKS FROM KUNG FU HUSTLE, THEY CARRY THE MOVIE IN ALL THE ACTION SCENES

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/12/24

Full Review

Francisca

Really fun movie! but it has that goofy humor of steven chow that may not be to everyone's liking, I loved the character's characterization and this more grumpy interpretation of wukong.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/28/23

Full Review

Audience Member

humorous story in the continuation of the Monkey king journey as they battle demons and each other

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

Full Review

Audience Member

Journey to the west 3 ..... Please......

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

Full Review

Audience Member

None of the actors were back as the main 4, Shu Qi appeared but just for Tang Sanzang, the three demons were boiled down to one characteristic except for Wukong, and never touched on their pasts so their characters were incredibly one dimensional. Costume design reverted the three back to more of a demon-like look while it looks cool, doesn't have anything to do with their redemption. The storyline felt more forced if anything while it was an adventure on their way to India, the atmosphere broke the feeling. Tang Sanzang completely changed his character, he didn't hold any of the virtues that he had in the first movie and was cruel to the three which was completely out of character. Aesthetically I enjoyed it but plot wise it was awful, the characters weren't written well as the first one even if KL Hog and Sandy had no speaking lines in the past. At least they had some depth in the first movie with the teacher talking about them.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

Full Review

Audience Member

It's rubbish, and only managed to draw people to watch because of the director and producer, and because it's Chinese New Year then. It's horrible and I feel cheated.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

Full Review

Read all reviews

Read More

Read Less

POST RATING

WRITE A REVIEW

EDIT REVIEW

Hark Tsui

Director

Kris Wu

Tang Seng

Lin Gengxin

The Monkey King, Sun Wukong

Chen Yao

Taoist

Lin Yun

White Bone Spirit

Yiwei Yang

Zhu Wu Neng

Show Less Cast & Crew

Show More Cast & Crew

Ghostbusters

74%

49%

Ghostbusters

Watchlist

TRAILER

for Ghostbusters

Spider-Man: Far From Home

91%

95%

Spider-Man: Far From Home

Watchlist

TRAILER

for Spider-Man: Far From Home

Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons

94%

70%

Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons

Watchlist

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

77%

87%

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

Watchlist

TRAILER

for Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

Ant-Man and The Wasp

87%

79%

Ant-Man and The Wasp

Watchlist

TRAILER

for Ant-Man and The Wasp

Discover more movies and TV shows.

View More

Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back: Trailer 1

1:17

View more videos

View more photos

Synopsis

A monk (Kris Wu) and his disciples encounter a spider demon and other fantastic creatures on their travels.

Director: Hark Tsui
Producer: Stephen Chow, Hark Tsui, Nansun Shi
Screenwriter: Stephen Chow, Hark Tsui
Distributor: Sony Pictures
Production Co: Star Overseas
Rating: PG-13 (Rude Humor|Fantasy Action Violence|Some Suggestive Content|Thematic Elements)
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Action, Comedy
Original Language: Chinese
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 3, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 6, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $870.5K
Runtime: 1h 49m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

Most Popular at Home Now