A stick-wielding monkey teams with a young girl on an epic quest for immortality, battling demons, dragons, gods — and his own ego — along the way.
Visual Effects
Particle effects that scream 'we studied Spider-Verse homework'.
Writing
Self-aware enough to mock its own hero's insufferable arrogance.
Director
Anthony Stacchi
Jimmy O. Yang
Monkey King (voice)
Bowen Yang
Dragon King (voice)
Jolie Hoang-Rappaport
Lin (voice)
Jo Koy
Benbo (voice)
Ron Yuan
Babbo (voice)
Andrew Pang
The Mayor (voice)
Stephanie Hsu
Mayor's Wife (voice)
Sophie Wu
Red Girl / Child Monkey (voice)
Hoon Lee
Jade Emperor / Monk (voice)
Andrew Kishino
King Yama / Demon of Havoc (voice)
Jodi Long
Wangmu (voice)
BD Wong
Buddha (voice)
Dee Bradley Baker
Baby Monkey King (voice)
Robert Wu
Palace Minister / Pigsy (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Anthony Stacchi also helmed Open Season and The Boxtrolls, so this is his 'what if I went full anime' moment.
The film compresses roughly 100 chapters of Ming Dynasty literature into 92 minutes—Journey to the West scholars are either furious or impressed.
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