Supermonkey Returns (2011) 서유기 리턴즈
Director: Shin Dongye
Screenwriter: Shin Dongye
Starring: Kim Byung Man
Genre: Comedy / Action / Adventure
Country/Region of Production: South Korea
Language: Korean
Date: 2011-02-17 (South Korea)
Duration: 79 minutes
Also known as: Super Monkey Returns / 西游记归来
IMDb: tt2321666
Adaptation: Alternative Universe
Summary:
Some 2000 years ago, the “Chun Bo Kyung” existed which was a scripture covering reasons for governing the world. There was an old legend that if someone held the “Chun Bo Kyung,” they would become the most powerful person in the world. Because of this legend, evil forces attempted to retrieve the “Chun Bo Kyung.” A Buddhist monk, Son Oh-Gong, Jeo Pal-Gye and Sa Oh-Jung faught against these evil forces. The monk, Son Oh-Gong, Jeo Pal-Gye and Sa Oh-Jung won the battle and sealed the evil forces in the gourd of a bottle.
In the present day Seoul, South Korea, the relic of Son Oh-Gong, Jeo Pal-Gye, Sa Oh-Jung and the Buddhist monk is found on a construction site. The sealing of the gourd bottle is released in the process. The evils forces arise some 2000 years after their initial confinement and begin to wreak havoc on the world. Son Oh-Gong is the only one who can stop them. Scientists extract DNA from the relic of Son Oh-Gong, Jeo Pal-Gye, Sa Oh-Jung and the Buddhist monk to revive them.
Can these heroes save the world once again?
“Journey to the West Returns” is a movie that combines the evil forces Bull Demon King and Sun Wukong. It is an action comedy movie in which the battle between good and evil between Sha Wujing and Zhu Bajie is set in a modern setting. In the movie poster released this time, Sun Wukong, Sha Wujing, and Zhu Bajie all show their funny expressions with character characteristics, and the whole poster is filled with a joyful atmosphere. The words “Comedy Action Hero Sun Wukong Returns” in the center of the poster complement the Monkey King with unique movements and expressions, and the font design of the movie title seems to have been borrowed from the Korean hit movie “Three Guys”, which is eye-catching.
