The Forbidden Kingdom

Directed by Rob Minkoff
Staring Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Michael Angarano, Collin Chou, Yifei Liu, Bingbing Li
Rating PG
Score 3/6

A discovery made by a kung fu obsessed teenager in a china town pawn of a legendary stick weapon that belongs to the Monkey King. With the legendary weapon in hand the teenager unexpectedly finds himself traveling back to ancient China to join a crew of warriors from martial arts lore on a dangerous quest to free the imprisoned Monkey King.

Fans of Jackie Chan and Jet Li will not be dissapointed by seeing this movie because this is the first time the pair have collaborated on a project. This is a bit of a spoiler but Chan and Li do have a scene where they fight each other. However, I couldn’t help but feel that this is remarkably similar to the 1997 film Warriors of Virtue. Michael Angarano seemed a poor casting choice because his performance as he gave a less the performance the could be considered sub-par.

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