Chinese Tall Story (Ching Din Dai Sing)

**AlexKim** · 07-10-2007, 09:51 PM

Audio - Cantonese
Subtitles - English
Year - 2005
Genre - Fantasy/Romance
Run Time - 124 min

Cast

Nicholas Tse - Tripitaka
Charlene Choi - Yue Meiyan
Bingbing Fan - Princess Xiaoshan
Bo-lin Chen - Sun Wukong
Kenny Kwan - Zhu Wuneng
Steven Cheung - Sha Wujing

Synopsis

Base on a RPG game and an epic adventure that has been rewritten many time in history, director Jeff Lau, brings you the tale of a Journey to the West and a love story.

The Story

A connection with other galaxies even before ?Star Wars? came into being: a love story that is out of this world?
Tang monk Tripitaka (Nicholas Tse) and his three disciples ? Monkey King Sun WuKong (Chen Bo-lin), Pig Monk ZhuWuNeng (Kenny Kwan), and Sand Monk Sha WuJing (Steven Cheung) arrive triumphantly to a hero?s welcome in Shache city. Little do they know that ahead of them lays Tripitaka?s most arduous challenge before he achieves deification?and it is a test that he and only he alone can overcome.
During their stay in the city, the three disciples are captured by evil Tree Spirits. Tripitaka borrows the Golden Pole and tries to find a way to save them. He meets a young lizard imp Meiyan (Chalene Choi) who is more than a visual match for Quasimodo: matted bushy hair, and theeth of any dentist?s nightmare. Meiyan falls in love with Tripitaka at first sight and devotes herself to trailing him. She even sets a love trap to ensnare him. Tripitaka unwittingly falls into the trap and, in the process, breaks the Heavenly Code.
The region is one full of monsters, strange beings and creatures of unknown orgins and among them are the beautiful Princess XiaoShan (Fan Bing-bing) and her army. On a passing journey to Earth, her path crosses Tripitaka?s and she vows her aid. Tripitaka decides to leave with the Princess.
Meiyan is heartbroken. She picks a fight with Princess XiaoShan and, although she loses, she finally discovers her own identity as a galactic warrior. She eventually helps the princess in defeating the enemy and rescuses Tripitaka and his disciples.
After the battle, Meiyan surrenders to the Temple of Heaven for judgment. Torn between passion and righteousness, Tripitaka rebels against the heaves to rescue the gallows-bound Meiyan. A benevolent Bhudda is moved and pardons the two, on condition that they embark on a journey to the west to accomplish the Eight-One Tasks to redeem themselves as well as save the world.