''Monkey King vs. Er Lang Shen'' (Chinese: 孙悟空大战二郎神) is a CG Chinese animated

film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...

produced by Yuan Cheng. The story is based on an episode of the 16th-century novel ''

Journey to the West ''Journey to the West'' () is a Chinese novel published in the 16th century during the Ming dynasty and attributed to Wu Cheng'en. It is regarded as one of the greatest Classic Chinese Novels, and has been described as arguably the most popu ...

''.

Background

The film features puppet live action, about 30% of the movie, with animated 3D backgrounds and characters.

Story

Based on a few early chapters of classic fantasy novel ''

'', the story tells how the

Monkey King The Monkey King, also known as Sun Wukong ( zh, t=孫悟空, s=孙悟空, first=t) in Mandarin Chinese, is a legendary mythical figure best known as one of the main characters in the 16th-century Chinese novel ''Journey to the West'' ( zh, ...

rises against the heaven and has a horrific fight with Er Lang Shen, the nephew of

Jade Emperor The Jade Emperor or Yudi ( or , ') in Chinese culture, traditional religions and myth is one of the representations of the first god ( '). In Daoist theology he is the assistant of Yuanshi Tianzun, who is one of the Three Pure Ones, the three ...

, who rules the Heaven.

Reception

It was nominated for the

Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Animated Feature Film The Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Animated Feature Film is given each year for animated films made in the Asia-Pacific region. Winners and nominees References External links * {{Asia Pacific Screen Awards Animated Feature Film The ...

at the 1st

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References

External links

* Chinese animated films 2007 computer-animated films 2007 films 2000s Mandarin-language films Films based on Journey to the West {{2000s-animation-film-stub