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Monster Hunt 2 (Zhuo yao ji 2)

In China, director Raman Hui's digital effects-laden fantasy has smashed box office records to smithereens, amassing 190 million US dollars in just three days over the Chinese New Year holidays. The sequel to the 2015 adventure once again centres on monster hunters Huo Xiaolan (Bai Baihe) and Song Tianyin (Jing Boran), who raised an adorable monster called Wuba and decided, at the end of the first film, to send the adorable creature back to the Monster Realm so he might grow up surrounded by other wonderful beasts. The couple regret this decision and embark on a madcap mission to be reunited with their monstrous boy. Meanwhile, the dastardly Monster King is pursuing Wuba, who escapes capture with the help of a camouflaging creature named Ben-Ben. This leads to an encounter with wily gambler Tu (Tony Leung Chiu-wai), who believes that money is the root of all happiness. Sweet and innocent Wuba shows Tu the error of his ways and they join forces to survive in the Monster Realm.