The Monkey King 3

The Monkey King 3 is a 2018 Chinese fantasy film based on the classic novel Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en. The film is the third installment of the Monkey King franchise, after The Monkey King (2014) and The Monkey King 2 (2016). Directed and produced by Cheang Pou-soi, the film stars Aaron Kwok, Feng Shaofeng, Xiao Shenyang, Him Law and Zhao Liying. The film was released on February 16, 2018, the first day of the Chinese New Year holiday period. It received mixed reviews from critics. Plot Sun Wukong (Aaron Kwok), Tang Sanzang (Feng Shaofeng), Zhu Bajie (Xiaoshenyang) and Sha Wujing (Him Law) – inadvertently enter the Womanland of Western Liang, a nation populated by women raised to believe that men are fatally deceptive in matters of the heart. Love nevertheless blossoms between Tang Sanzang and the Womanland's young queen (Zhao Liying), even though her royal preceptor (Gigi Leung) is hell-bent on sentencing the men to death. As Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing search for a way out of this nation surrounded by a vast magical net, it soon transpires, conveniently, that romantic love is the only key to opening the gate. Cast Aaron Kwok as Sun Wukong, the Monkey King Feng Shaofeng as Tang Sanzang, the Buddhist monk Xiaoshenyang as Zhu Bajie, the pig demon Him Law as Sha Wujing, the water-buffalo Zhao Liying as the Ruler of Women's Country Lin Chi-ling as Hebo Gigi Leung as Advisor Liu Tao as Guanyin Kingdom Yuen as Priest Cecilia So as young advisor Sire Ma