The Forbidden Kingdom

The Forbidden Kingdom

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The Forbidden Kingdom

Bingbing Li, Collin Chou, Jackie Chan, Jacky Wu, Jet Li

An American teenager who is obsessed with Hong Kong cinema and kung-fu classics makes an extraordinary discovery in a Chinatown pawnshop: the legendary stick weapon of the Chinese sage and warrior, th...( read more  read more... )e Monkey King. With the lost relic in hand, the teenager unexpectedly finds himself traveling back to ancient China to join a crew of warriors from martial arts lore on a dangerous quest to free the imprisoned Monkey King.

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  • October 6, 2009
    Decent martial arts fantasy tail that is enjoyable without ever being hard work on the brain
  • September 10, 2009
    Maybe if I was younger, or if Chan and Li were younger.
  • August 5, 2009
    Chan and Li should have teamed up for something more epic, something more serious. It's like if DeNiro and Pacino had teamed up for a family friendly crime comedy. At least The Forbidden Kingdom stays fairly true to many classic Kung-Fu films. Yes, it's lighter in tone and is too...( read more) concerned with making the cool American teen the hero, but there's plenty of action and impressive choreography. Li is excellent in a double role, relishing his opportunity to play the Monkey King. Chan does his usual stuff and also doubles up as an old man in very bad make-up. Forbidden Kingdom is a great film for kids and young teens and they wont feel embarrassed for liking it, when they grow up.
  • May 31, 2009
    Entertaining.
  • April 6, 2009
    Hmmmm the usual curious mystic honk kong phooey chop sockey spiritual action flick based in the Orient. What can I say...it looks lovely with beautiful green vistas and magical splashes of light and sorcery....but the story is the usual weird and wonderful mess which is kinda uno...( read more)riginal and boring. Its the usual wizards, martial arts, magic and evil henchmen by the numbers haha

    The heroes (Jackie and Jet) train and make a martial arts expert outta of useless 80's lookin American kid who somehow travels to another world of mystic wizards and monkey kings and of course..manages to save it no worries. Surprise surprise hehe.

    there's nothing special here atall really...its all been see before and is rather cliched.chan and li are good together for sure but they need to do something more original.
  • December 7, 2009
    il film inizia scontato e sottotono, pero' alla fine si lascia guardare. La scena del combattimento tra chan e li vale tutto il film.
  • December 7, 2009
    A bit crazy an far fetched, not as funny as other Jackie Chan movies.
  • December 5, 2009
    "But, he's not even Chinese."

    It saddens me that I wanted to fast foward the tiring fight between Jet Li and Jackie Chan. Instead of an iconic pairing between two legendary martial artists (not to mention the amazing Collin Chou), we have a run-of-the-mill film with ...( read more)neither interesting characters or engaging story. I could have done without the obsessive kung fu fan becoming a teenage hero bit.
  • December 5, 2009
    this is a really good, kung-fu movie with Jackie chan
  • December 4, 2009
    very cool good movie i liked the kung fu and such in the movie it was kewl

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