The Monkey King 2 (2016)

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Taking place 500 years after the Havoc in Heaven, the Tang Priest is appointed by Buddha to go to the West to fetch the sacred scriptures, only to accidentally free the Monkey King. With Lady White aiming to break up the team assembled to defeat her, the Monkey King must fight in order to save his world!

• Released: 2016-01-22
• Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
• Runtime: 2h 0m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 5.9/10 from 118 votes

Directed by Soi Cheang.

Top cast

• Aaron Kwok Fu-Shing as The Monkey King
• Gong Li as Lady White
• William Feng as Little Monk
• Xiao Shenyang as Zhu Bajie
• Lo Chung-Him as Sha Wujing
• Kelly Chen Hui-Lin as Goddess of Mercy Guanyin
• Kris Phillips as Cloud Hercynian King
• Wei Lu as Basilisk
• Giselle Chia as Bat Demon
• Miya as Porcupine Demon

Full cast & crew

Where to watch The Monkey King 2

• United States: stream on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Hi-YAH, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Hi-YAH Amazon Channel; watch free on The Roku Channel, YouTube Free, Plex, Plex Channel, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Xumo Play, Tubi TV, Amazon MX Player; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
• India: rent on Apple TV Store; buy on Apple TV Store
• Canada: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; watch free on Tubi TV, Plex; rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
• Australia: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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