Gong Li is an award-winning Chinese-born Singaporean actress. She was born on December 31, 1965 in Shenyang, Liaoning, China, and made her acting debut in 1987. One of the most famous actresses of China’s “Fifth Generation” cinema, she has starred in an overwhelming number of award winning films and has been awarded nearly two dozen awards for “Best Actress” and “Best Supporting Actress”. Since her debut, she has appeared in numerous films, including “Flirting Scholar” (1993) and “The Dragon Chronicles - The Maidens of Heavenly Mountain” (1994).

Gong Li

At eighteen, Lang Ping (Bai Lang) was a strong-willed young woman with an unwavering passion for volleyball. Enduring the rigorous training of her coach, Yuan Wei Min (Wu Gang), Lang Ping was eventually teamed up with hitting partner, Chen Zhong He (Peng Yu Chang), a slightly disgruntled fellow athlete who has been forced to put his own career aside to assist with the national women’s volleyball team. Working hard to hone her skill, Ping’s dedication eventually elevates her to the position of the team’s star player. With the entire world watching, Ping leads the Chinese Women’s Volleyball Team through a series of wins that culminates in a showdown between China and Japan in the 1981 World Cup.

More than two decades later, Lang Ping (Gong Li) has gone from China’s star player to head coach of Team USA’s women’s volleyball team. After moving to California, Ping went straight to work, preparing her team for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Fully aware that her return to Beijing will bring her face to face with her oldest friend and current head coach of the Chinese Women’s Volleyball Team, Zhong He (Huang Bo), Ping holds nothing back.

After a bittersweet match at the 2008 Olympics, Ping is offered a position as the head coach of her old team. Ready to show the world what she’s made of once again, Ping wastes no time in preparing the Chinese Women’s Volleyball Team for a world-class showdown. But will her unorthodox methods lead to success or failure?

Based on stories spread over more than forty years of the China Women's National Volleyball Team’s history, “Leap” is a 2020 biographical sports film directed by Peter Chan.

Leap

🏆  We are gold medal  🥇

A devout Buddhist monk named Xuan Zang (Feng Shao Feng) is on a mission to India in search of lost holy texts, but he is sidetracked when a tiger attacks. He runs for cover and takes shelter inside a dark cave – totally aware that this cave is actually a makeshift prison created by the Buddha to hold the mischief-loving Monkey King (Aaron Kwok). When Xuan Zang enters, the Monkey King is freed from his 500-year-long captivity. But before he can escape, a divinity tells him that he must join Xuan Zang on his quest. The Monkey King wants nothing to do with this plan, but the Buddha makes sure he complies by placing a hoop on his head that forces him to complete his task.

Soon, they are joined in their mission by other demons, including a pig demon named Ba Jie (Xiao Shen Yang). But this quest could be cut short by the fearsome, beautiful, and evil demon Lady White Bone (Gong Li). She will perish shortly unless she can catch and eat Xuan Zang, whose pure soul would allow her to live forever. She hatches a wicked plan to lure the companions into a trap – attempting to pit them against one another. Can they thwart her dastardly scheme – and continue their quest for the sacred documents?

This movie, like its prequel and sequel, was based on the classic 16th-century novel “Journey to the West,” which has been attributed to Wu Cheng En.

“The Monkey King 3” is a 2018 Chinese movie that was directed by Cheang Pou Soi.

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