Synopsis
A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella (1995) is a Hong Kong fantasy film you can watch online on iFILM. Director Jeffrey Lau wraps up his freewheeling two-part riff on the Ming dynasty novel "Journey to the West," and Stephen Chow returns as Joker — the bumbling antihero destined to become the Monkey King whether he likes it or not.
Stranded five centuries before his own birth, Joker faces demons, a magical armour, and a love story with no clean ending. The goddess he falls for carries two souls inside her. Lau and Chow keep the slapstick loud and the wire-work flashy — then blindside you with a final act that turns grief into something absurd and genuinely moving.
The film tanked at the box office when it opened alongside its companion piece Pandora's Box. Bootleg tapes spread it across mainland Asia over the next few years, and a generation of university students memorised the closing monologue. By the early 2000s, both films had been recognised as cornerstones of Hong Kong cinema's golden era. Stream A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella (1995) online on iFILM.
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