Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Movie
Original title Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons
大話 西遊 之 三藏 付 魔 /
西遊 · 降魔 篇
Country of production China
Hong Kong
original language Standard Chinese
Publishing year 2013
length 110 minutes
Rod
Director Stephen Chow
script Fung Chih Chiang
Stephen Chow
Xin Huo
Y.Y. Kong
Derek Kwok
Lee Sheung Shing
Yun Wang
Lu Zheng Yu
production Stephen Chow
music Raymond Wong
camera Sung Fai Choi
cut Chi Wai Chan
occupation

Shu Qi : Duan
Wen Zhang : Tang Sanzang
Huang Bo : Sun Wukong (Monkey King)
Show Luo : Prince Important

Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons ( Chinese  西遊·降魔篇  /  西游·降魔篇 ) is a 2013 published Chinese Fantasy - Comedy directed by Stephen Chow . The film is loosely based on the novel The Journey to the West ( 西遊記  /  西游记 , Xī Yóu Jì , Hsi Yu Chi ) by Wu Cheng'en , one of the four classic novels of China . It is currently the most successful film from Chinese production.

action

The film tells the story of the monk Tang Sanzang before the storyline of Journey to the West , who is in search of enlightenment. Sanzang, a self-proclaimed demon hunter, comes into conflict with the demon hunter Duan during a fight with a water demon. While this uses brute tactics against the demons, Sanzang tries with nursery rhymes to bring out the good in the demons. Although the two succeed in defeating the water demon, Duan makes fun of Tang's more non-violent methods and disappears.

On his way further he visits a restaurant, which turns out to be the illusion of a pig demon. This lures unsuspecting travelers into the trap and enslaves them. Once again, the demon hunter Duan intervenes in the action, but is increasingly impressed by Tang's selfless behavior. The demon can be overwhelmed for a brief moment, but then turns into a giant boar and brings the restaurant to collapse on its escape. Duan finally tries to get close to Tang, but the latter takes flight, fearing that a romance could hinder his search for enlightenment .

In order to finally defeat the pig demon, Sanzang's master gives him the task of searching for the monkey king Sun Wukong and bringing him under his control. He has been incarcerated in an unknown location in a prison for 500 years. With the help of Duan, the Monkey King can finally be found and the Pig Demon defeated. The Monkey King, however, seizes the opportunity and frees himself from Tang's control. In the ensuing fight, the Monkey King kills Duan and, in desperation, Tang conjures up Buddha . This defeats the Monkey King and he can be locked in his prison again.

Tang returns to his master and tells him that the desperation and grief over the loss of Duan paved the way for him to enlightenment. His master now instructs him to travel west and find the Leiyin Temple. In the last scene of the film, Tang crosses a desert and draws an image of Duan in the sand.

publication

The film opened in cinemas on February 7, 2013 in China, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. The US premiere was on September 21, 2013 at the Austin Fantastic Fest.

reception

criticism

The film received mixed reviews. At Metacritic , the film received a Metascore of 68/100 based on 13 reviews , at Rotten Tomatoes 94 percent of the 31 reviews were positive, whereas only 68% of viewers would recommend the film to others.

Gross profit

With gross profits of around 78 million yuan (10.4 million euros) on the first day of screening in Chinese cinemas, Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons won the film Painted Skin: The Resurrection (70 million yuan) as the most profitable Chinese film on the first day of cinema from. On February 14, 2013, the previous international record holder, Transformers 3 (13.5 million euros) , was able to generate revenues of around 131 million yuan (17.5 million euros) at the box office . So far, the film has grossed over $ 200 million worldwide.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons "大話 西遊 之 三藏 付 魔 / 西遊 · 降魔 篇", Chinese / English: [1] on hkmdb.com, accessed on November 7, 2017 - Online
  2. ^ A b c Hong Kong Cinemagic: Journey To The West: Conquering The Demons " , at www.hkcinemagic.com, accessed November 7, 2016
  3. ^ Press review on Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons at www.metacritic.com, accessed on November 7, 2016
  4. ^ Press review for Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons at www.rottentomatoes.com, accessed on November 7, 2016
  5. ↑ Xi Ao: "Stephen Chow's Journey to the West continues to break box-office records" ( Memento of the original from November 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , English, from www.asiapacificarts.usc.edu, accessed on November 7, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / asiapacificarts.usc.edu
  6. ↑ Information on box office earnings worldwide (English), at www.boxofficemojo.vom, accessed on November 7, 2016