Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back
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Mar 7, 2014 · "Journey to the West" follows a goofy but sincere Buddhist monk named Xuan Zang (Zhang Wen), a young demon hunter who must vanquish a series of foes en route to his ultimate showdown with the notorious, shape-shifting Monkey King (Bo Huang).
TOP CRITIC. By turns daffy and dazzling, awkward and artful, "Journey to the West" takes an ancient tale and gives it contemporary flair. Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 7,...
As sweet, silly, action-packed and ridiculous as director Steven Chow's best work, Journey to the West serves up dazzling action sequences while playing its disparate elements against each...
- (35)
- Stephen Chow, Chi-Kin Kwok
- PG-13
- Shu Qi, Zhang Wen, Bo Huang, Yu Xing
- Fight of the Demons.
- Verdict
By Matt Patches
Posted: Mar 7, 2014 12:00 am
Director Stephen Chow's martial arts filmmaking rattles across the screen like jazz, personality pouring directly from brain to hand to canvas. The incredible Kung Fu Hustle is the fight cinema equivalent of Dave Brubeck's “Take Five” — precisely composed, loose enough to swing. His latest, Journey to the West, is like the high school band's on the same standard.
True to his previous work, Chow strives to meld slapstick, wire work, and cultural profundity, but his take on the 16th century Chinese fantasy classic is unrefined and chaotic. Rich mythology drowns in garbage CGI as jokes pile up on screen with all the grace of a riot shotgun. But Journey to the West's core is still a jazz standard, with a bounce that's satisfying and familiar, even when it's incoherent.
Chow, who normally takes on writing, directing, and acting duties, remains behind the camera, enlisting The Sorcerer and the White Snake's Wen Zhang as the Demon Hunter Xuan Zang. While his contemporaries use brute force to smash devilish spirits to smithereens, Xuan Zang is a man of peace, calming enraged beasts with a book of nursery rhymes. He's not very successful.
In his first encounter, Xuan Zang strides in to a seaside town plagued by a blubbery fish demon. The film's lengthy prelude plays like a Rube Goldberg set-piece, Xuan Zang saving civilians, outrunning the oversized trout, and eventually pummeling it enough to recite a magical stanza or two.
Director Stephen Chow's action fantasy film Journey to the West is a miss, but a wild, reverent, explosive miss.
- Matt Patches
May 14, 2014 · May 13, 2014 8:27pm PT. Film Review: ‘Journey to the West’. Another exquisite, snail-paced cinematic perambulation from Tsai Ming-liang and Lee Kang-sheng. By Ronnie Scheib.
Mar 7, 2014 · Aug 3, 2014. Stephen Chow has done it again. An epic fantasy martial arts movie with a few laughs and twists, but most of all, excellent special effects and memorable characters. Its not as immersing as Kung Fu Hustle, but continues to keep your jaw on the floor.
To me, his Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons was a very unique take on the Chinese folktale that worked great for me and I loved it. A thoroughly entertaining fantasy, action, comedy movie. All the actors gave a solid performance, the set pieces were also astounding, and the story was clever.
