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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: DVD EAN: 0707729118329 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Full Screen, NTSC Label: Lions Gate Languages: Manufacturer: Lions Gate MPN: 11832 Publisher: Lions Gate Region Code: 1 Release Date: August 14, 2001 Running Time: 170 minutes Studio: Lions Gate Theatrical Release Date: March 11, 2001 Editorial Review: Amazon.com: This three-hour made-for-television epic based on the classic Chinese story Journey to the West is an engaging mix of fantasy and martial-arts adventure, and it features a veritable tsunami of special effects. The plot involves an American China scholar (played by Thomas Gibson) whose knowledge of Asian mythology becomes astoundingly useful when he is magically transported into other dimensions by terra cotta warriors who come to life. The American scholar soon finds himself face to face with a wisecracking Monkey King (Russell Wong), a mystical warrior whose martial-arts skills are matched only by his sarcastic one-liners. The mismatched heroes have only three days to find an ancient manuscript and thereby save the world from destruction, and they're assisted by the timely interventions of the Goddess of Mercy (played by Bai Ling). The rambling plot puts the characters into confrontations with tigers, dragons, and evil giants, and at times they're joined by such unorthodox allies as a human with the head of a pig. As his quest progresses, the scholar has to learn to think like a warrior, and there are innumerable obstacles put in his path. Even if the plot doesn't always seem terribly coherent, the computer-generated special effects are entertaining, and the film has no shortage of bizarre villains, flashy martial-arts scenes, and sardonic quips from the Monkey King. --Robert J. McNamara Average Rating:
 Rating:  - The movie is just the beginning.....I rarely write reviews because it is so time consuming to write a good/thorough review. I have read the other reviews for this movie and would like to submit an alternative way of looking at this movie. First, I do like the movie. It is exactly as it was designed to be - bloodless battles, villians that are larger than life, heroes that are equally large, and special effects that will never win any awards. The movie is simply 'fun' if you can leave your brain at the sidelines for ... Read More Rating: - What a fun movie!Chinese mythology, campy modernism, a bit of "stretching", an interesting story line and some not-bad acting combine to make this a movie that the whole family can enjoy. A favorite in our family for many years, we were pleased to be able to add it to our CD collection. Rating:  - DO NOT waste your time...This movie was so bad and yet I watched it all just to see if possibly it would get better. It didn't. The only one that can act is the damn monkey and even then the character development is slim. I always buy Halmark movies, they've been great (10th Kingdom etc) but this one is the worst movie they've ever endorsed. I read all the reviews and decided to give it a chance-save yourself the dissapointment. The movie could have been so good. The plot is quite good but the screenplay, acting, effects, ... Read More Rating:  - awsome!!!!!i liked this movie so much i don't know what to say about it other than it's friggin awsome!!!!! it has a great story line, i liked it so much i bought it. i originally saw it on the scifi channel but didn't get to see the whole thing. if you want something to make you laugh then you ought to get this movie. Rating: - The Lost KingdomWell done modern telling of a classic Chinese tale. Some special effects were not up to todays standards but that did not get in the way of a well done story. |
