History Film / JourneyToTheWestConqueringTheDemons

* TemporaryLoveInterest: [[spoiler: Miss Duan dies at the end to complete Tang's character development into a monk.]]

* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Duan regularly beats and harasses Tang along the movie, but it's all PlayedForLaughs.

** KL Hog was murdered by his wife [[YourCheatingHeart and her handsome lover]] and changed into a pig demon after swearing to kill all women who lusted after handsome men.

** KL Hog was murdered by his wife [[YourCheatingHeart and her handsome lover]] and changed after swearing to kill all women who lusted after handsome men.

A 2013 loose reimagination of the Chinese classic ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'' directed by Creator/StephenChow. It contains Chow's trademark mix of drama, kung fu, and slapstick comedy. Taking place before the eponymous journey west, the film shows a younger, less enlightened Tang Sanzang as he tries to protect people from demons and learns much about the world. Along the way he meets other demon hunters, learns much about himself, and gets hit. [[ButtMonkey A lot]].

* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler: Tang doesn't profess his love for Duan until she's dying. Since Tang doesn't have a girlfriend in the original story, this was bound to happen]].
* DoomedByCanon: Miss Duan didn't show up in the original tale, which takes place after this movie. [[spoiler: She dies in the climax]].

* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: The demon hunters expected the Monkey King to be taller. [[spoiler: He still kills them all]].

* InfantImmortality: Played straight with the infant in the opening sequence, the village works together to save her. [[spoiler: Averted with the little girl from the opening, who is eaten by the fish demon]].

* PintsizePowerhouse: The Monkey King is smaller than any of his opponents, but is unstoppable.
* PostMortemOneLiner: "It seems the Mighty Foot has stepped on a nail."

* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: The animal-style demon hunter is killed by the Monkey King who laughs at his attempt to beat him by moving like an animal.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Miss Duan (and all the other hunters) are killed by Sun Wukong, but in the process, Tang achieves true enlightenement and binds the Monkey King to Buddha's will, starting his journey of redemption.]]

* AdaptationalHeroism: Completely averted. Unlike most other lighter adaptations of the original novel, the new interpretations of Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing are more or less portrayed as they appear in novel, in terms of the level of the atrocities committed.

* AdaptationalHeroism: Completely averted. Unlike most other lighter adaptations of the original novel, the new interpretations of Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing are more or less portrayed in the same light as that of the novel, despite the fact that the re-telling wasn't faithful to the original.

* {{Prequel}}: To ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest''.

* AndTheAdventureContinues: The last shot [[spoiler: is the beginning of the Journey to the West]].

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Miss Duan (and all the other hunters) are killed by Sun Wukong, but in the process, Tang achieves true enlightenement and bounds the Monkey King to Buddha's will, starting his journey of redemption.]]
* ChekhovsGun: Duan's flying ring becomes [[spoiler: Wukong's RestrainingBolt]]. Not to mention, the fish demon and KL Hog [[spoiler: become Sandy and Piggy respectively]].

* ImprobableWeaponUser: KL Hog's weapon of choice is a rake.
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: Prince Important is apparently of weak constitution, coughing and pale.He might be faking it, however

* ShoutOut: One famous scene in the movie ( where Buddha becomes the size of a planet and crushes Sun Wukong with his Palm) is direct shout to ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'', right down to nearly identical camera angles and character actions, to the point of getting quite a plagarism controversy when it first premiered in China.

* AllAmazonsWantHercules: Though he's not strong of body, Duan is attracted to Tang because he is incredibly brave.

* {{Yandere}}: Duan, full stop.

* IncurableCoughOfDeath: Prince Important is apparently of weak constitution, coughing and pale.

* ShoutOut: One famous scene in the movie ( where Buddha becomes the size of a planet and crushes Sun Wukong with his Palm) is direct shout to ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'', right down to nearly identical camera angles and character actions, to the point of getting quite a plagirism controversey when it first premiered in China.

* FauxAffiblyEvil: Sun Wukong. Befitting a trickster, of course. When trying to trick Tang, he was pretty helpful and nice, but the second he was freed he became a petty jerkass.

* MakesMeWannaShout: One of the Monkey King's most common attacks. Interestingly, the attacks aren't just concussive but also can ''incinerate'' the target.
* MakeWayForNewVillains: KL Hog is the antagonist for most of the movie. He's easily defeated by the Monkey King even while he's imprisoned, who becomes the final boss.