Review of The Monkey King 3 : Kingdom Of Woman

Review of The Monkey King 3 : Kingdom Of Woman

By Siti Rodhotul Nur Faiza (153211002) English Letters 6A

The Monkey King 3 is an action, adventure, and fantasy movie. This movie was released in February, 15, 2018 directed by Soi Cheang and screen writer by Ning Wen (as Elvis Man). This movie available in two languages, there are Mandarin and English. The Monkey King 3 is adapted movie from classic novel "Journey to the West" by Wu Cheng'en. This movie is the third installment from The Monkey King. After The Monkey King (2014), and The Monkey King 2 (2016). The original title of The Monkey King 3 is XIYOUJIZHI NÜERGUO.

Most of people give 3 from 5 rating for this movie. Artful cinematography by Richard Bluck and Yang Tao, Cinematography from this movie is good. When Tang Sanzang and his crew was jailed in womanland, effect of camera is like bring us to enter the story. The acting from the actors that play in this movie is look natural because they have experienced to play many movie. The budget of this movie was CN¥500 million/$73.000.000 (estimated).

This movie is production by Filmko Entertainment. Many famous actors from China play in this movie, Such as Aaron Kwok as Sun Wukong the Monkey King, Fang Shaofeng as Tan Sanzang the Buddist Monk, Zhao Liying as Ruler of Women's Country, Xioshenyang as Zhu Bajie the Pig Demon, Him Law as Sha Wujing the Water Buffalo, Lin Chi-Ling as Hebo, Gigi Leung as Advisor/Preceptor, Liu Tao as Guanyin, Kingdom Yuen as Priest, Cecilia So as Young Advisor.

The Monkey King 3 tell about the adventure of Tan Sanzang, Sun Wukong, Bajie, and Sha looking for holy book. They accidentally entered a kingdom full of woman of Western Liang, this is a misterious country where no men have ever exiisted. In first sight, the queen falling in love with Tan Sanzang without knowing what love is. The problem is, the womanland have been raised to believe men are poisonous and queen's preceptor immediatelly orders to Tan Sanzang and his crew executed. The queen helped the four to flee. However Tan Sanzang, Bajie, and Sha drink the water from motherhood river without knowing that will make the to be pregnant. Setting of place in this movie are womanland, forest, and river. Many part of romance and humor are found in this movie. The editing from this movie is very orderly.