Directed by:
Peter MacDonaldScreenplay:
David Henry HwangCinematography:
David ConnellComposer:
John AltmanCast:
Thomas Gibson, Bai Ling, Russell Wong, Ric Young, Kabir Bedi, Eddie Marsan, Inday Ba, Burt Kwouk, Randall Duk Kim, Henry O, Terence Beesley, James Faulkner (more)Plots(1)
Nick Orton (Thomas Gibson), an American businessman and Chinese scholar living in China, meets beautiful Kwan Ying (Bai Ling), who he mistakenly believes to be a business client. Kwan Ying is actually the Goddess of Mercy, however, and she soon lures Nick into a mystical Chinese world. There, he learns that he is the chosen Scholar from Above--the only one who can save this world from impending doom. Nick also meets the Monkey King (Russell Wong), an arrogant, sardonic, but incredibly strong half-man, half-monkey. Ready to save the world, Nick is given his mission: to retrieve a revolutionary manuscript stolen centuries before by the evil emperor, Shu (Duk Kim), who wanted to stop time so that China could keep to the values of its past. Guided by Kwan Ying, Nick must battle terrifying monsters, hideous demons, and countless other obstacles created by Shu to stop him from retrieving the sacred text. (official distributor synopsis)
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At first I thought it was going to be a regular B movie, but after ten minutes I was sure it was a C movie; unfortunately, along with the speed of this decline even the hints of quality disappeared, faster and faster, until they were gone by the middle of the movie and the quality started to go through the floor. I haven't seen a film this awful in a long time, perhaps I'll have to reconsider all my previous garbage ratings because of it...! X-D But it can be entertaining if you sit down with good friends, a glass of wine/pint of beer/tumbler of vodka, and play commentator. Plus the excessive running time!! @___@
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