2013 - JOURNEY TO THE WEST: CONQUERING THE DEMONS, has everything but the kitchen sink thrown in.

 This film by one of Hong Kong's best filmmakers is a large scale epic which combines horror, comedy, drama and fantasy.  In other words this is an extremely ambitious film from Stephen Chow.

The crazed story line has a Buddhist monk in training, Tang Sanzang battling all sorts of monsters(demons), while attempting to reach spiritual enlightenment.  Along the way he meets another demon hunter Duan who competes with him in the monster hunting business and after a while decides she is in love with him.

 

Only someone like Stephen Chow could mix all of these genres and come up with a very entertaining film which in some ways is almost one of it's kind.  The high voltage action scenes blend fairly well with the computer effects.  The comedy may get a little silly at times but it certainly doesn't affect the entertainment value of the film.

 

Stephen Chow, Derek Kwok, Xin Huo, Yun Wang, Fung Chih Chiang, Lu Zheng Yu, Lee Sheung Shing and Y.Y. Kong worked on the story and screenplay, the running time is 110 minutes.