A Buddhist monk releases the Monkey King from his prison inside a mountain and gains him as an ally on his quest to carry scriptures between temples. They meet another duo on the road and they all travel together. They arrive in a kingdom that is terrorized by a witch called White Bone Demon and run into conflict with her.
The 2 hour duration seemed about right because this sequel had more dynamic pacing than the original. The plot was better too. The quartet of adventurers encounter lots of different excitement on their quest. The 4 main characters were unique and extremely identifiable. The Monkey King even got a better voice! Still, we have Dragonball similarities coming up: Zhu Bajie was obviously Oolong. There was a little bit more dialogue that made a little bit more sense than the original and the acting was still humorous, but not as over the top. It's amazing what some actual sets will do to make a mostly CG film seem more realistic and believable. The costumes all looked good, as in the first film. I think I saw some actual camera movement this time that wasn't just programmed into a computer. The editing was still just as quick, but had a little more dynamics to it. Special effects were pretty and epic and CG and all that jazz. The soundtrack was very similar to the original and everything was mixed right. What irked me was that the subtitles I got had a credit for who made them through the whole first half of the film. Stylistically, it looked just slightly less like a video game than the first film. Other critics agree that this sequel was much better than the original. I rate it good, mostly for entertainment value. It's a fun movie.
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