The Lost Empire

The Lost Empire

2001
★★☆☆☆ 4.8/10
📺 1 Season
🎬 2 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 120 min/episode
Action & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy
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.

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Seasons

Season 1
2001 • 2 Episodes
While on an archeological dig of secret Chinese tombs, Nick's epic adventure begins by a "chance" meeting with Kwan Ying, a beautiful goddess sent by the Terracotta Warriors (who recognize Nick as the "Scholar from Above") to recruit him for the heroic task of rescuing the manuscript within 3 days -- or face the world's end.

Crew

Director
Peter MacDonald
Writer
David Henry Hwang

Network

NBC