Tagline: The path is unsafe. The place is unknown. The journey is unbelievable.
In “Forbidden Kingdom,” American teenager Jason (Michael Angarano), who is obsessed with Hong Kong cinema and kungfu classics, finds an antique Chinese staff in a pawn shop: the legendary stick weapon of the Chinese sage and warrior, the Monkey King (Jet Li). With the lost relic in hand, Jason unexpectedly finds himself transported back to ancient China.
There, he meets the drunken kungfu master, Lu Yan (Jackie Chan); an enigmatic and skillful Silent Monk (Jet Li); and a vengeance-bent kungfu beauty, Golden Sparrow (Crystal Liu Yi Fei), who lead him on his quest to return the staff to its rightful owner, the Monkey King – imprisoned in stone by the evil Jade Warlord (Collin Chou) for five hundred years.
The Forbidden Kingdom (Chinese: 功夫之王: Gong Fu Zhi Wang (Mandarin) or Gung Fu Ji Wong (Cantonese) and translated King of Kung Fu (English); Working title: The J & J Project) is a 2008 Chinese-American fantasy kung fu wuxia film written by John Fusco, and directed by Rob Minkoff, and starring Jackie Chan and Jet Li. Loosely based on the novel Journey to the West, it is the first film to co-star Jet Li and Jackie Chan. The action sequences were choreographed by Yuen Woo-ping.
The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)
Directed by: Rob Minkoff
Starring: Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Michael Angarano, Collin Chou, Crystal Liu Yi Fei, Li Bing Bing, Thomas McDonell, Morgan Benoit, Juana Collignon, Shen Shou He
Screenplay by: John Fusco, Ch’eng-En Wu
Production Design by: Bill Brzeski
Cinematography by: Peter Pau
Film Editing by: Eric Strand
Costume Design by: Shirley Chan
Set Decoration by: Bin Lan, Yu Ci Wen
Art Direction by: Che Kiu Lam
Music by: David Buckley
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sequences of martial arts action and violence.
Distributed by: Lionsgate Films
Release Date: April 18, 2008
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