The Lost Empire takes the ancient Chinese tale of Journey to
the West and brings it to a modern, American audience. In this version of the
story, an ancient demon wants to destroy Journey to the West and send the world
back centuries to how he believes the world "should be". Humanity's
only hope lies in Nicholas Ortman (played by Thomas Gibson) an American business
man living in China and the fabled Monkey King. Together with a goddess and the
ever hungry Zhu Bajie
they must defeat the villain and prevent him from wiping the Journey to the
West from existence. Although I have never read the original epic, I know that
both the Monkey King and Zhu Bajie do show up in the original story. This was
actually my first introduction to the Monkey King, and since I always love the
trickster it was his character that endeared me to this story and not really
the slightly annoying Nick. A very great story and a great introduction to
Chinese mythology. This movie can also be found as The Monkey King.
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