A young boy must restore order when a group of bullies steal the magical book that acts as a portal between Earth and the imaginary world of Fantasia.

Ireland 1977. Eleven-year-old Damian Lynch (SCOTT GRAHAM) is called in at the last moment to serve as an altar boy at an important mass in his local parish. Following his last appearance as an altar boy when he knocked Father O'Toole off the altar, Damien is serving a 3 month ban from his only passion in life...football. To make matters worse, Damian's team, Liverpool FC, are playing in their first European cup final in two weeks time. Damien's father (MICHAEL MCELHATTON) offers him a reprieve and crucially a chance to see the European cup final if he serves the mass correctly. Damien now faces a choice: either conform to the status quo or never watch his beloved Liverpool play again...

American journalist Nick Orton is caught up in the world of Chinese gods and monsters while on a search for the long lost manuscript to 'Hsi Yu Chi' (The Journey to the West) by Wu Ch'eng En. He is accompanied on his journey by a humanoid ape with incredible strength and magical powers, a humanoid pig-man, and his brother-in-arms, an ex-cannibal. Based on one of the greatest stories in Chinese history.



在這個美國版的西遊記當中，因HALLMARK屬於闔家觀賞的頻道，性感的白靈飾演的觀世音菩薩衣著還算保守，但這位白靈觀音將與洋人唐三藏有感情戲，兩人還將穿梭時空三千年，跑到現代來相會，把觀世音與唐三藏視為羅密歐與茱麗葉。而主角唐三藏由尼克‧歐頓飾演，型式則像是電動玩具當中的戰士，要在觀世音與羅素飾演的美猴王帶領之下，到神祕的東方找尋力量與愛的真義，劇中當然少不了好萊塢最厲害的電腦特效。儘管這個美國版的《西遊記》將原著的故事改得面目全非，但中國傳奇故事本身獨特的戲劇性與想像力，一直讓外國電視電影工作者忍不住動手動腳大改特改。最近還傳說《印第安納‧瓊斯》最新一集的故事也想取材西遊記，讓瓊斯博士跟大小妖魔混戰，看來古典小說迷往后還將會受到不少驚嚇。

1988 film directed by Peter MacDonald