The Forbidden Kingdom
The life of a young teenager boy, Jason Tripitikas, an American boy who admires the Chinese works and arts, as he buys all the Chinese movies and myths, so he creates a discovery that manages him to travel to China, and joins a team of strong warriors, who aim to save the monkey king from his prison, so they do their best and fight those evil in order to achieve their goal and overcome all enemies they face.
2 May 1986, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
25 August 1987, Wuhan, Hubei, China
7 April 1954, Victoria Peak, Hong Kong
21 May 1980, Burlington, Vermont, USA
March 24, 2016
... has fun with the tale and Americanizes the genre without losing the pleasures of its Asian inspirations.
March 22, 2011
If you're a big Jackie Chan and/or Jet Li fan this movie was made for you and you should go see it on the big screen once. But because of a complete lack of storytelling effort from the filmmakers, there's no reason to ever see it more than once.
April 18, 2008
It might take a Zen master to explain exactly what audience this is aimed at.
August 28, 2008
Think of it as a kung fu fairy tale almost anyone can appreciate.
April 18, 2008
When Chan and Li match wits, each celebrates the other's presence. This isn't just a martial-arts display; it's generosity and camaraderie in motion.
April 18, 2008
Every time the focus switches to Michael Angarano channeling his inner Ralph Macchio, The Forbidden Kingdom reminds you that it's primarily an act of occidental tourism.
April 18, 2008
Thanks to the two stars' disparate styles - the laser-like focus of Li and the whirlwind whimsy of Chan - The Forbidden Kingdom makes up for its flaws with plenty of eye-popping moments.
April 18, 2008
It's difficult to resist, especially if you're a 12-year-old boy whose parents won't let you rent Once Upon a Time in China or the Kill Bill movies.
October 18, 2012
Surprisingly a lot of fun, with a simple good vs. evil plot, nice action sequences and a battle of the ages between two of the biggest martial art movie masters.
July 18, 2008
The first onscreen meeting of screen legends Jackie Chan and Jet Li is possibly reason enough to see this fantasy, whose extravagant martial arts sequences are choreographed by Woo-ping Yuen, whose signature was inked in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
April 21, 2008
One of the more entertaining movies we've seen in recent months.
September 09, 2008
Kung fu fever and fluff mix it up with hordes of floating knights in shining armor with bad attitude, and just a little heavy on the dressing, courtesy of the costume department.
