Forbidden Kingdom

It was a surprise when I heard the news Jackie Chan will play in the same movie with Jet Li. There was a rumor about it since a long time ago, but it was postponed so many times because of the schedule of both actors. It looks like they successfully managed to find the time to make this movie together. Even though, the story is not the best one for these two most reputable martial arts actors. Jackie Chan admitted that this is not the best script for them, but he afraid, they cannot find any other time to make a movie together, so be it.




Plot
This is a story of Jason Tripitikas, a young American teenager, who is obsessed in martial arts. He bought and watched so many movies of kung fu and Chinese culture. He frequently goes to the pawn shop in Chinatown to buy Chinese movies. In this place, he found an ancient staff which was known as the legendary stick weapon of the Chinese warrior called as the Monkey King. When he brought the stick on his hand, he finds himself traveling back to ancient China.

Then the real story is begun. During his journey, he meets the immortal drunken master Lu Yan and a monk who help him to return the staff to the rightful owner. In order to do so, he must face the evil Jade Warlord who will do anything to stop him. Beside the drunken master and the monk, Jason is also accompanied by Golden Sparrow, who wants to take revenge to Jade Warlord because of killing her parents.

At the end, Jason successfully made it and brings the monkey king back to live. The Monkey King can have a chance to take revenge because Jade Warlord has turned him into stone for five hundred years.

Conclusion
As you can see, it has not much to tell and using the monkey king’s legend regardless the original story. With this kind of story, we cannot expect many fighting scenes of Jackie Chan and Jet Li, but still, it can be an entertaining movie for the fans of Jackie Chan and Jet Li. The best fight in this movie is the fight between Jackie Chan and Jet Li in the old temple. It is the time when Jackie Chan wants to take the staff back after being taken by Jet Li.

In this movie, Jackie Chan plays as the immortal drunken master Lu Yan and as an old man in the pawn shop. Jet Li plays as a monk and of course also as the monkey king.

If you like the humor, the fights of Jackie Chan and the quick moves of Jet Li, this movie are still an entertaining movie, especially, Jackie Chan and Jet Li are fighting each other in one movie.


Cast:
Jet Li as The Monkey King / The Monk
Michael Angarano as Jason Tripitikas
Jackie Chan as Lu Yan / Old Hop
Yifei Liu as Golden Sparrow / Chinatown Girl
Collin Chou as Jade Warlord

Writing By: John Fusco

Directed By: Rob Minkoff

Runtime: 104 min