While Journey to the West originally describes Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, as a short, ugly, inconspicuous monkey, many adaptations in which he’s a human somehow turn him into a Kratos-like, hulking figure.
Case in point, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West:

′s version, in my opinion, does a better job at making Wukong BOTH closer to his original, agile persona and at making him genuinely sexy.
~Ozzie