
            Continuing the story of Monkey King after a 500-year interlude, this installment tells the story of a traveling Monk Named Tang Seng (William Feng) who must enlist the aid of the Monkey King (Aaron Kwok) who is both his protector and novice on a journey of 36,000 miles to the Thunder Monastery to retrieve holy scriptures. As with most epic adventures-such as Homer's Odyssey-reaching the destination may or may not be the deciding factor between failure and success, rather the journey and the lessons learned by the protagonists about the nature of things and the nature of themselves becomes at least as important, if not more so.
The Monkey King and Tang Seng are joined on their journey by two brothers, Sha Seng and Zhu Bajie, who primarily act as foils for the Monkey King and Tang Seng and provide comic relief for what would otherwise be a much darker story.
The central conflict of the story revolves around the strife between Tang Seng and the Monkey King. They are allies and seek the same goal, but both think and "see" differently. Primarily, both see the "truth", but where Tang Seng sees the true nature of individuals or their "heart," the Monkey King sees through their disguises but evaluates them solely upon their actions. The dichotomy that frequently exists between one's true nature and their actions is lost to him. This sets up a secondary conflict of the movie, specifically concerning the main antagonist, the White Boned Demon (Li Gong). The White Boned Demon is a more complex villainess than the typical norm and very quickly begins to complicate the relationship between Tang Seng and the Monkey King. The Monkey King perceives an evil nature as being the primary motivation for her actions and following his nature, thinks that killing her is the appropriate response. Tang Seng, on the other hand, while recognizing the evil of her actions, also realizes that evil is not the animating principle behind them, rather it is the pain she feels for having been betrayed and condemned to death by her family and village when she was just a girl. For this reason, his belief is that she needs the opportunity to change, not be destroyed. After repeated attempts to convince the Monkey King not to kill everyone he perceives (accurately) to be a threat, Tang Seng sends him away with the intention of continuing the journey with Sha Seng and Zhu Bajie. All of this is being observed by the White Boned Demon who immediately swoops in and flies off with Tang Seng to her stronghold in the mountains where she intends to eat him, a final act of defiance that will make her both immortal and eternally damned.
At the den of the White Boned Demon, Tang Seng tries to convince her to change, which she refuses. He then agrees to let her kill and eat him and as she begins to take his life, the Monkey King reappears to save him. A fight between Monkey King, Sha Seng, Zhu Bajie, on one side and The White Boned Demon and a horde of skeletons on the other side ensues. After being defeated by the Monkey King, the Buddha appears in the sky to condemn the White Boned Demon to nothingness, only to have Tang Seng intercede on her behalf, offering to take her place and lead her to her next incarnation, which he successfully does.
    

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