Journey to the West 1: Conquering the Demons (2013)

They both have a similar feel as the main leads encounter identical situations. Stephen Chow directs one and he's the lead actor in another.

Both movies are about Xuan Zang's pilgrimage to India. Meanwhile Journey to the west is a fantasy epic based on Xuan Zang's pilgrimage.

Both are comedy adaptations of Journey to the west. Both movies are very similar...................................................

Actor Stephen Chow now directs. Good casting, funny jokes and nice music and art direction in regards of character make up, costumes, and special effects.

Both are based on classic Chinese mythology, has stunning SFX.........................................

Both are about adventures of Sun Wukong, are adaptations of Journey to the west, has stunning SFX.........................................

Both have the same horror, demon genre Remake of the classic Chinese novel “Journey to the West,” but reinterprets the story into the present day and has a romantic-fantasy twist