In Takana Shirai’s directorial debut a young girl must travel about 500 miles on foot in order to feed some gods.
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The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure
Director Kim Jeong-hoon throws absolutely everything at the wall in his swashbuckling pseudo-sequel.
Dead or Alive: Final
The future sure is yellow in the last of Takashi Miike’s DoA trilogy.
Furie
A mother goes on a rampage of revenge when her daughter is … well, taken in Lê Văn Kiệt’s martial arts beat-em-up.
Belle
There isn’t a talking candlestick in sight in Mamoru Hosoda’s sci fi fairy tale.
Oversized Cops
Four blundering policemen must choose between food and their jobs in Phuwanit Pholdee and Chanon Yingyong’s buddy comedy.
The Monkey Goes West
Our heroes sing and dance their way to the West in the first of Ho Meng-hua’s Journey series.
Alakazam the Great
Excellent animation clashes with a ludicrous localisation to make an unforgettable Journey to the West-ish adaptation.
Buddies in India
Wang Baoqiang’s modern day reimagining of the Journey to the West is a manic, bizarre but still entertaining adaptation.
Wu Kong
Needlessly serious, this reimagining of Sun Wukong's origin isn't what I would call good, but it's a blast to watch nonetheless.
Twins Mission
Another Twins movie, another 90 minutes of unbridled lunacy
The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn’t Kill
The fabled assassin returns in this non-lethal but much-improved sequel.