The Monkey King 2 (2016) on Netflix
NR20161h 59mActionAdventureFantasy
The monk Tang Sanzang frees Sun Wukong from five centuries of imprisonment, and the Monkey King becomes his protector. Lady White, a demon preying on a kingdom, wants the monk for herself.
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Plot summary
Five hundred years after Sun Wukong was imprisoned beneath the Five Fingers Mountain, the Buddhist monk Tang Sanzang travels toward the Thunder Monastery in India for Buddha's scriptures. Attacked by a tiger, the monk frees the Monkey King, and the Bodhisattva Guanyin binds Wukong with a circlet that pains him when Sanzang recites a sutra. Zhu Bajie, a pig demon, and Sha Wujing join the two travelers. Wukong also fights a dragon and turns it into a horse. In the Yun Hai Xi Kingdom, Lady White has been feeding on people to lengthen her life and escape the Wheel of Reincarnation. Learning of the monk, she sets her sights on him.
Cast
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Monkey King 2 (2016)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Aaron Kwok, who played the Bull Demon King in the first Monkey King film, took over the title role of Sun Wukong from Donnie Yen in the sequel, training in martial arts for several months and then spending six hours in makeup plus three more hours having it removed every day of the shoot.
- Chow Yun-fat was expected to reprise his role as the Jade Emperor in The Monkey King 2 after the first film, but the character ultimately did not appear in the sequel at all.
- Feng Shaofeng played the monk Tang Sanzang in The Monkey King 2, a role that had previously been reported as going to Louis Koo.
- In February 2015, as filming neared its final stages, main cast members Aaron Kwok, Gong Li, Feng Shaofeng, Xiaoshenyang and Him Law took blessings at a Buddhist temple in Wuxi.
