

More demon-hunters, including Monk Sandy (Li Shangzheng), Almighty Foot (Zhang Chaoli) and the epicene Prince Vacant (Luo Zhixiang), arrive and help to ward off another attack by Zhu Ganglie. En route, he again bumps into Miss Duan, who is with a group of goblins she tells Xuanzang she’s chosen him to be her husband, which again terrifies him. In order to gain true “buddhahood”, Xuanzang sets out to find Sun Wukong, aka Monkey King, on Five Fingers Mountain. Miss Duan asks Xuanzang to kiss her in thanks, but he runs off, scared. However, the cook, Master of Meat, who is actually Pig Demon Zhu Ganglie (Chen Bingqiang), escapes. Some time later, at Gao Family Inn, famous for its delicious roast pork, Xuanzang finds himself facing hordes of demons he’s again saved by Miss Duan, who uses her magical Infinite Flying Ring. Depressed, Xuanzang tells his master (Cheng Sihan) that his book of song mantras, 300 Nursery Rhymes 儿歌三百首, is useless the master says the fault is not the book, which is designed to bring out the goodness in beings, but Xuanzang’s still-incomplete faith. After the fish morphs into a young man (Li Shangzheng), Xuanzang’s powers prove insufficient to exorcise it it is demon hunter Miss Duan (Shu Qi) who finally eradicates the evil spirit. However, when a giant Fish Demon appears and eats first the dead man’s young daughter, Gen Changsheng (Zhang Yuwen), and then her mother, Xuanzang helps the villagers to conquer it.

A fake Daoist priest (Feng Mianheng) kills a giant stingray and declares the water is now safe Xuanzang disagrees and is strung up by the villagers. Young Buddhist monk Xuanzang (Wen Zhang) arrives in a fishing village where a man has been eaten by something in the water. After the lame CJ7, Zhou Xingchi finally bounces back as a comic writer-director.Īncient China.

Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons 西游 降魔篇Ĭhina/Hong Kong, 2013, colour, 2.35:1, 3-D, 109 mins.ĭirector: Zhou Xingchi 周星驰.
