Monkey King: The Lost Empire (Scripted, English)
Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Status: Ended
Premiered: 2001-03-11
Ended: 2001-03-11
Network: NBC
Country: US
Airs on: Sunday
Runtime: 90 minutes
Nicholas Orton is an American businessman who has lived in China for several years. He has a chance encounter with a beautiful Chinese lady who says that he is the only one who can save the world from reverting five-hundred years. He is unswayed by this until many modern buildings begin disappearing before his eyes. This mystical lady transports him to a portal which offers entrance, through the teachings of Confucius, to the ancient Chinese underworld.