Kung Fu Monster

Kung Fu Monster
Kung Fu Monster
	Theatrical release poster
Traditional Chinese	武林怪獸
Simplified Chinese	武林怪兽
Hanyu Pinyin	Wǔ Lín Guài Shòu
Jyutping	Mou2 Lam4 Gwaai3 Sau3
Directed by	Andrew Lau
Screenplay by	Rong Chao; Lin Ting; Philip Lui; Ronald Chan
Produced by	Derek Yee; Mandy Law; Peggy Lee; Rong Chao; Andrew Lau
Starring	Louis Koo; Cheney Chen; Bao Bei'er; Bea Hayden; Wang Taili; Alex Fong; Zhou Dongyu
Cinematography	Andrew Lau; Cho Man-keung
Edited by	Sun Chi-man; Azrael Chung
Music by	Chan Kwong-wing; Wan Pin Chu
Production; companies	Media Asia Films; Bona Film Group; Film Unlimited
Distributed by	Media Asia Entertainment Group
Release date	21 December 2018;
Running time	100 minutes
Countries	Hong Kong; China
Language	Mandarin
Box office	$11.5 million

Kung Fu Monster (Chinese: 武林怪兽), previously translated as When Robbers Meet the ChessBoards, is a 2018 wuxia fantasy film co-produced and directed by Andrew Lau and starring Louis Koo, Cheney Chen, Bao Bei'er, Wang Taili, Bea Hayden, with Alex Fong and Zhou Dongyu. A Hong Kong-Chinese co-production, the film began production on 13 April 2017^[3] and wrapped up on 8 June of the same year in Beijing,^[4]^[5] and was released in December 2018.^[6]

Plot

During the Wanli Emperor's reign (reigned 1572 to 1620) in the Ming dynasty, Crane Sun, a cruel supervisor of the Eastern Depot, was ordered to capture monsters that have escaped from the royal palace. At the same time, militia warrior Blade colludes with his martial arts junior Bella and female warrior Frigid gather a group of forest fighters to rob the silver from corrupt officials. However, silver was missing, while wanted criminal Ocean Feng appears along with Jianghu wanderer Cypress. As a bigger crisis comes, monsters are looking through it nearby.