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Monkey King: Hero Is Back

Play trailer 1:58 Poster for Monkey King: Hero Is Back PG Released Jul 29, 2016 1h 29m Fantasy Adventure Animation Play Trailer Watchlist
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After spending 500 years in an ice cage, the Monkey King is released by a child to save his village from monsters.
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Brian Costello Common Sense Media Exciting animated tale has martial-arts action, potty humor. Rated: 4/5 Jun 8, 2016 Full Review Read all reviews

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TROY S I truly recommend this movie for all! I have long been disappointed of Chinese animated pictures. But now they have got talents, great animators. Great "new thinking" plot on a well exploited story, great characters with real emotions as motivation for character development, great camera-work, great character design, great action and so on! But there is still one thing almost all Chinese animation lack, including this one, and that has good sound effects. The movie feels unintuitive and unnatural at times, because the sound doesn't match what's happening in the screen, In short, see this movie! If you want to see a great Chinese animated picture! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/29/24 Full Review Jacob H I LOVED IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTT Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/28/23 Full Review Nemo F This is my favorite movie I've seen so far. This movie takes a creative spin on jttw and makes it about a fallen hero who has lost sight of who they are, regaining their powers because a child believes in him. The animation and music is absolutely beautiful. I also really love the character designs. Out of the many designs of Sun Wukong this one is definitely my favorite. Although though are a few criticisms like how the plot isn't explained that well or how the dubbing sometimes doesn't match with their lips, despite these flaws it is still an overall great movie. I think with a higher budget and more time, the director could've achieved this movie to its perfection. I highly recommend this movie to anyone who loves Chinese films or is a big fan of the monkey king legend. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 07/20/23 Full Review Cindy H i liked it its an easy to understand story. funny but still has some serious moments. not the best movie in the world but worth watching once Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/24/22 Full Review Audience Member Versão animada, igualmente fofo, mas pouco me atraiu, tanto quanto os dois filmes anteriores, mas é fofinho, os pequenos vão gostar, só não estou na vibe... Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member amazing. worth watching twice and even three times, the animations is beautifull! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis After spending 500 years in an ice cage, the Monkey King is released by a child to save his village from monsters.
Director
Tian Xiao Peng
Producer
Wei Lu, Hui Liang, Ning Lin, Yongan Xu, Feng Yi
Screenwriter
Tian Xiao Peng
Distributor
Viva Pictures
Rating
PG (Some Rude Humor|Scary Images|Action/Peril|Thematic Elements)
Genre
Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Original Language
Chinese
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 29, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 18, 2016
Runtime
1h 29m
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