Pandora’s Monkey, thinks the viewer. The self-proclaimed Monkey King is not evil, per se, but he unleashes chaos and as the story becomes more frenetic so does the animation.

The Monkey King (now on Netflix) isn’t just another talking-animal cartoon.No, it’s a Chinese legend dating back to the Ming Dynasty… that’s been adapted as another talking-animal cartoon ...

The Monkey King (Jimmy O. Yang), ... As a young adult, he strives for immortality by conquering 100 demons, with the help of a local village girl named Lin (Jolie Haong-Rappaport).