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Reviews. Journey to the West. Christy Lemire March 07, 2014. Tweet. "Journey to the West" Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. By turns daffy and dazzling, awkward and artful, "Journey to the West" takes an ancient tale and gives it contemporary flair.
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May 14, 2014 · Festivals. 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.
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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
Mar 7, 2014 · Journey to the West. Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews. 68. User Score Generally Favorable Based on 21 User Ratings. 6.7. My Score. Hover and click to give a rating. Add My Review. Where to Watch. Amazon ($2.99) All Watch Options. View All. Zhang Wen. Xuan Zang. Shu Qi. Miss Duan. Bo Huang. Sun Wukong. Show Lo.
In "Journey to the West" the atmosphere often shifts to more dark colors. Characters can actually die here, even innocent people and children. Furthermore, some scenes are pretty bloody, the comic-nature including funny sounds can't hide that fact either. So is this really still a comedy? Can you laugh without a guilty conscience?
