Monkey King is a movie that although it has a plot that hooks you somewhat, it does not end up compensating it with its multiple flaws, whether it is annoying characters or forced situations in the story. This of the annoying characters is applied more to the protagonist of the movie "Liuer" who spends the entire movie screaming "Great Sage"! Over and over, becoming the last part in which the Monkey King realizes that the boy is alive as a mockery of this. In that sense I end up sharing the feeling of the Monkey King. I want it to go away! Liuer in my opinion is one of the most irritating characters in the history of entertainment !!! And in a way as simple as repeating the same phrase over and over again, you have succeeded !!! As for the forced situations (even becoming plot holes) there are those that the old man from nowhere finds Liuer near the end of the movie or that the Monkey King received the help of the Dragon as if nothing, without any explanation, even though he had attacked them before. Nor do they say what the Monkey King did to be expelled from heaven and what he had to do to break the curse that sealed his powers. Then there are the graphics, that although the backgrounds are fine, the character modeling is disgusting, the only decent ones being the Monkey King and Hundun (the main antagonist), the rest look very ugly and generic, more to be a animated film of the year 2015. It also suffers from characters that appear and it is not explained very well who they are, what their intentions are and that they appear to be important but in the end they are not, like Budha, the pig (who was previously a heavenly guard ) or the two disciples of Hundun, with little charisma and appearances, in short, all the problems suffered by generic animated films made in a hurry, with the typical stereotype that as they are for children they do not have to have a developed and complex plot . The most outstanding parts of the movie are the beginning. with the story and that art syle and the end, with a more or less epic final combat, but that does not do justice to the boring and irritating parts that they have. I'm sure some people will tell me that I don't know anything about oriental culture, but a movie based on myths or legends, has to try to attract both those who know the story and those who don't, which is why I like movies like Hercules from Disney that explain everything and reinvent the original story and that I did not know anything about before (equally, having now read the story of the Monkey King, you do not miss much ..., so that excuse that some could give, does not counts) It is a personal opinion, and although I give it a 5, I recommend it, since it has some interesting things in the concept of the story, and the fighting is entertaining to see, which saves it in part, but neither it is a masterpiece, and i am surprised it exists a ps4 game honestly....
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