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The Forbidden Kingdom

The Forbidden Kingdom is an Americanized take on the high flying action tradition of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon which they amazingly managed to avoid screwing up.Michael Angarano is Jason a Boston teen with a jones for Hong Kong marshal arts movies which he purchases at a discount from a local Chinese pawnbroker. When some punks force him into robbing the pawn shop he takes possession of a fighting staff which magically transports him to ancient China on a mission to return the weapon to its rightful owner the imprisoned Monkey King. Jackie Chan is the drunken immortal Lu Yan who helps him in his quest and they are both eventually aided by Jet Li as the Silent Monk who has his own designs on the staff. The Monkey King is not all that accessible – standing in the way is the jade army lead by an ambitious warlord who has turned the Monkey King to stone. The Forbidden Kingdom marks the first time Jackie Chan and Jet Li have shared screen time and the original Bean town set up for the action to follow is pretty clunky but not to worry. The action is all that you want in a movie like this with a Kung Foolery twist – a lot of humour generously added to the mix.

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