Product Description
Individually, they've starred in the most adrenaline-pumping martial-arts adventures ever. Together for the first time, Jet Li and Jackie Chan join forces to create the greates epic of them all- THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM. As ancient Chinese warriors, they must train and mentor a 21st century kung-fu fanatic who's been summoned to fight a centuries-old battle and free the imprisoned Monkey King. If you're a fighting fan, the wait is over. The team is ready. The Kingdom has arrived.
Product Details
- Released on: 2008-09-09
- Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
- Aspect ratio: 2.40:1
- Formats: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
- Original language: English
- Subtitled in: English, Spanish
- Number of discs: 2
- Running time: 104 minutes
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.comGetting martial-arts superstars Jet Li and Jackie Chan together in the same action film is like a fantasy come true, even if The Forbidden Kingdom is more of a children's movie than an instant kung-fu classic. Yes, Li and Chan square off in a lengthy, acrobatic fight scene that is a lot of fun, though it can't be what such a scene might have been even a decade ago: careful editing now compensates for the 54-year-old Chan's slower moves and reflexes. Still, Chan doesn't disappoint as Lu Yan, a drunken immortal in ancient China who mentors a modern-day American kid, Jason (Michael Angarano), the latter having slipped into the past while in possession of a magical staff that belongs to the imprisoned Monkey King (Li). In order to get back to his own time and help an old friend (also Chan) wounded by thugs, Jason accompanies Lu Yan and a lovely warrior, Golden Sparrow (Liu Yifei), on a journey to return the staff. Along the way, a (mostly) silent monk (Li, again), who has spent his life in search of the staff, joins their mission. He helps Lu Yan train Jason in fighting and adding more muscle to the party as it comes under siege from a violent witch (Li Bing Bing) and pathological warlord (Collin Chou). Screenwriter John Fusco (Hidalgo) and director Rob Minkoff (The Haunted Mansion) have made a slightly chintzy, Western version of a Chinese swords-and-sorcery tale. The gravity-defying, flying-through-the-air-while-fighting choreography looks pretty choppy and graceless compared to, say, the martial arts films of Zhang Yimou. But The Forbidden Kingdom is really aimed at kids, not aficionados of epic fight movies. On that score, the movie aims to please and does so for the right audience. -- Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
Homage to Kung Fu films of yesterday
Growing up watching Shaw Brother films, cartoons and stories told of the monkey king, drunken kung fu, tiger claw, bride with white hair, and so forth. This film does a nice job of westernizing and paying homage to these type of films. The action was non-stop. Good chemistry among Jackie and Jet. Michael Angarano know to me as Elliot on Wil and Grace did a superb job. Pretty girl Sparrow (I never saw her in any films before) you know she's an upcoming actress. Did I mention Woo Ping choreographed too?
DVD wise -- colorful characters, colors are vivid. Nice special features.
WORST MOVIE I'VE EVER SEEN
I COULDN'T BELIEVE SOMEONE ACTUALLY WROTE, DIRECTED, OR EVEN ACTED IN THIS MOVIE!!! THIS MOVIE SHOULD HAVE GONE STRAIGHT TO DVD AND TO WALMART'S 99 CENT RACK!!! There was one good fight scene, I'll give it that much but the dialogue completely killed. How can you have a movie with Jackie Chan and Jet Li doing all the talking? Better have the captions on. I rented this movie and suffered through the whole thing hoping till the bitter end that the movie somehow redeems itself. PAINFUL WATCH, SPARE YOURSELF!!!
I was tempted to leave the theatre 1/4 into this movie, until I realized I was at home already....So then, I was tempted to turn this movie off and go to bed. I should have.
Script was just God-Awful. The plot was horrendous. Action was mediocre. This is basically what you have to sit through for 2 hours or so, and basically the plot of the movie...Chinese actors trying to be taken serious, by attempting to seriously speak English, however with a heavy Chinese accent, in China, with a white American boy trying to learn Chinese martial arts, while trying to save the Chinese Monkey King.......GREAT IDEA!
The fight scene: OK, we all know Jackie Chan and Jet Li are past their primes. Jet Li has enough pock marks on his face to fill a meteor with, and Jackie Chan plays his usual character, and usual acting...and that's being Jackie Chan. The fight scene was so so....It was sort of like watching an old, fat Mike Tyson fight a Parkinson's Ali. These guys have obviously slowed down, and no amount of wire work can save you.
a lot of special effects does not equal good movie.. quoting a bunch of Bruce Lee/Daoism quotes does not make the movie new, and fascinating. Did they even film in the same rice farm as in the movie "Fearless"?
add the bad acting, horrible (fall asleep) plot line, and horrendous script, and you have one of the worst movies I have ever seen in my life.
Why did they make this movie??? I just don't understand the target audience? American boys that want to learn Kung Fu, and speak bad english??
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