The Age of Commercialism

Disturbing yet enthralling

An Exercise In Nonsense

A Disappointing Continuation

This film apparently takes place 500 years after the first film. The Monkey King is now played by Aaron Kwok and not Donnie Yen. Aaron played the Blue Demon in the first feature. Just go with it like the second Darrin in "Bewitched." A monk is tasked by the Mercy Goddess to obtain Buddhist scriptures in the west (Tibet?). Along the way he frees the Monkey King and also gets the help of two other "demons." They are confronted by Lady White or White Bone Spirit, an evil demon along with her minions. The sets looked surreal, a product of CG generation. The special effects were good and the real reason to watch the film as the plot was simple and the ending was not what I expected.The film contains a multitude of fights, looking like an RPG. There is also humor, the dialogue is mostly light with Chinese sayings or their derivatives sprinkled in. The film is 2 hours long and it does start to weigh on you.Guide: No swearing or sex. The female demons look almost nude. They appear to be wearing a nude colored body suit with ornate decorations in the right places. Yes, they looked sexy.

The Monkey King (Part 2) just didn't cut it for me. First of all, Donnie Yen (who played the Monkey King in the first installment) had been replaced with another actor who did not have the charisma, charm, nor the acting chops. His performance came across as stiff and forced, while I thought Donnie Yen was wonderful.However, not all was a total loss for Part 2. The gorgeous and very talented Gong Li played the White-Bone Demon with as much panache as you would ever want. She is absolutely beautiful and demands attention while she is on screen. The cinematography was a step above most movies of this genre. The scenery is just breath taking. I did think Part 2 had a little more action than the first film. However, the first film was more about the legend of the Monkey King, and as stated before, Donnie Yen was just magical in the role.Rated PG-13 for some mild violence.

here i am with the monkey king 2 i am expecting something great with this part because it's first one part is awesome but this one not as good as one but still fine maybe you will laugh on that pig face monster men i don't like this story at all there is not aim they just decide a aim in beginning but they didn't complete in end this is very negative point in this part monkey king got a teacher or Guru in beginning both guru and monkey kind have different ways of thinking so any lord gives him target to go together and find a book or something and they go and in end guru says to monkey kill his for a reason to save a evil women for she can be in a good way and not much interest i found even this time it's activity is not funny as in previous part

Love the movie. Thought it was entertaining and my kids wanted to see it again. But we all agree Donnie Yen was a better choice for The Monkey King / Sun Wu Kong The Monkey King Havoc in Heaven's Palace was our first choice and favorite among the two so far. Havoc in Heaven's Palace seem to have more story structure and the kids liked the characters better and loved the historical fight scenes with Donnie Yen's Character. My wife seemed to like the most the musical score of the film and we purchased the soundtrack in which we listen to quite often.My Kids also each wanted there own Blu-Ray in which I purchased for all three of them. With anything the first is always the better of the two but recommend both.