The Forbidden Kingdom

The Forbidden Kingdom

  • Director: Rob Minkoff
  • Countries of origin: United States, China
  • Language: English, Mandarin
  • Release date: April 18, 2008
  • Sound mix: SDDS, DTS, Dolby, Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 2.39 : 1
  • Also known as: Jackie Chan/Jet Li Project
  • "The Forbidden Kingdom" is an action movie directed by Rob Minkoff and starring Jackie Chan , Jet Li , Crystal Liu , Li Bingbing , Michael Anthony Angarano , and Collin Chou . The film premiered in North America on April 18, 2008, and was released in Mainland China on April 24, 2008   .
    The film tells the story of an American teenager who traveled to ancient China. He happened to encounter Kung Fu masters Lu Yan, Golden Swallow and silent monk. In the end, the four defeated evil forces such as the Jade War God and completed the mission of saving the Monkey King   .

    Details

    • Release date April 18, 2008
    • Filming locations Anji bamboo forest, Jiangsu, China
    • Production companies Casey Silver Productions, China Film Co-Production Corporation, Huayi Brothers Media

    Box office

    Budget

    $55,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $52,075,270

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $21,401,121

    Gross worldwide

    $128,792,411

    Movie reviews

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    • By Georgianna 2022-04-23 07:02:18

      Since it is said to be a dream, let's look at it as a dream

      Since it's a dream of a child, Quan Ji doesn't care which bird language they speak in the movie. There is no logic to it. The Jade Emperor is the Jade Emperor in the hearts of foreign children, and his words and deeds naturally conform to the cultural characteristics of his country.
      After watching this film, I feel even more that Hollywood producers have the stupidity of children and their unique idealized persistence. Look at him waking up, meeting the mm in Nan Keyi's dream, miraculously...

    • By Zander 2022-04-23 07:02:18

      I would love to give 4 stars

      Last night I packed the best two rows of seats in the cinema with my friends and watched the long-awaited movie. However, the result is quite disappointing... In anticipation of this movie, I really want to give 4 stars, but my reason tells me that at most 3 stars!
      Plot:
         Plot is the soul of a movie. In recent years, there have been very few movies with good plots, all of them are boring like "The Banquet" and "The Promise". I don't know what the mainland directors think. They seem...

    • By Waino 2022-04-23 07:02:18

      from which angle to look at it

      The selling point of "King of Kung Fu" in China is not a big production, not a special effect, not a big name starring, but the cooperation between Jackie Chan and Jet Li, and it is because of this cooperation that I stepped into the cinema. In fact, there is not much expectation. For a Chinese film made for foreigners, I don’t think the plot will be so profound. However, after watching it, I was still blown away by the very bloody plot of the movie. At the beginning of the film, the most...

    • By Garnet 2022-04-23 07:02:18

      Your wrinkles are my heartache


      Taking [King of Kung Fu] as a show on my birthday, sitting in the first row and watching the wrinkles of Double J up close, my favorite is the sparring part, the silent monk is Shaolin martial arts, Lu Yan is drunk boxing, in an instant Thinking of their respective famous works [Shaolin Temple] and [Drunken Fist], now that handsome men are in power, martial arts stars really have no successors. Wu Jing has dyed blue hair and plays a supporting role in underworld movies. Donnie Yen's movie...

    • By Terrill 2022-04-23 07:02:18

      A breath of immortality from the Jade Emperor

      For me, the biggest attraction of the movie "Kung Fu King" may not be Jackie Chan and Jet Li, nor the white-haired witch and the golden sparrow; the one I find most interesting is the Jade Emperor's fellow, because that fellow is really funny .
      Why, please let me list:

      First, the old Jade Emperor entrusted the image of a fool in the original Journey to the West and became a good old man. He was very magnanimous in all kinds of things, including Sun Wukong, who likes to make...

    User comments

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    • By Stone 2023-07-21 15:49:40

      2 and a half stars, but due to the incompetence of several big names, 2...

    • By Mabelle 2023-06-22 04:22:29

      In line with the foreigner's kung fu love...

    • By Ottilie 2023-06-03 04:53:52

      Jenson said: But, I don't want to lose you. Lu Yan said: Forget...

    • By Rosalee 2023-04-07 19:30:04

      I'm not a foreigner, so, don't know should any comment on...

    • By Isadore 2023-03-08 15:33:12

      Apart from that ten-minute double-J fight, there's not much else to...

    Plot cut

    In order to ensure the absolute clarity of the main line of "Monkey King", the film cut two main scenes. The first paragraph is deleted: "The Jade War God and the White-haired Witch burn the village to find the golden rod that was lost in the folk". This scene not only confessed the unshakable vengeance of the Golden Swallow and the Jade War God of killing his father, but also confessed How the white-haired witch turned her head all...
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    Evaluation action

    The theme of "The Forbidden Kingdom" is clear, and the characters have distinctive personalities. Through the careful conception of the director and screenwriter, the film allows the audience to see a psychedelic Chinese fairy world full of kung fu film symbols ( reviewed by the New York Times)  . The "Double J Showdown" in the film takes into account both Jackie Chan's emphasis on juggling martial arts style and Jet Li's stretch...
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    Movie quotes

    • Old Man Hop: [pushing the staff into Jake's hands] here! Take it! Return it to its owner!

    • [Hop is assisted by paramedics onto a stretcher]

      Jason Tripitikas: How is he?

      Paramedic: Bullet missed his heart. He'll live.

      Old Man Hop: [whispering, only Jake hears him] Of course I'll live. I'm immortal.

      [Hop beckons Jake to his side]

      Old Man Hop: Did you return that thing I gave you?

      Jason Tripitikas: Yeah, I did.

      Old Man Hop: You the man.

    • [last lines]

      Lu Yan: And as one legendary journey ended for the Traveller, so did another journey begin.