The Forbidden Kingdom

The Monkey King was a bit goofy but seeing all the Monkey King movies around these days. I now know, he's supposed to be goofy. He was my only problem with this otherwise fun adventure. That unites Jackie Chan and Jet Li in a Neverending Story meets Karate Kid meets Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon like Fantasy/Kung-Fu film.

A Hong Kong Kung Fu movie made for western audiences.

"Learn the form, but seek the formless. Hear the soundless. Learn it all, then forget it all. Learn The Way, then find your own way."

A Wuxia movie starring both Jackie Chan and Jet Li, what could go wrong? Well, I didn't anticipate a CGI Jet Li Monkey King, an old man make-up Jackie Chan, a generic looking main kid and I was hoping for more fights between these two legends.

But I can't complain, I never thought I would see these two together in a Wuxia movie. Rob Minkoff did a decent job. We've seen better fights from these two, I do love that Jet Li plays the silent Monk type character and Jackie Chan a drunken beggar.

Yes, I was hoping for more but I can't complain we have gotten a movie with these two legends together.

It's an awful movie. Another stupid plot where an American learns a martial art and saves the day - made a time where some people thought wire work made a good martial art movie.

But it does has Jet Li and Jackie Chan And a brilliant line where the Silent Monk says to the Drunken Immortal "It's wrong not to share"

Hell of a great movie. You cannot go wrong with this cast.

A celebration of all things kung-fu. screentime is split and given to show many different mythical elements and beliefs of kung-fu as the plot goes on. flying techniques, immortality elixiers, fighting monks, drunk style, magic and more related to chinese mythology and kung-fu in general.

xcomedically evil villans. isekai plots. the hot love interest. it is a enjoyable time to turn off your brain and logic and enjoy it for what it is.

A very short and consumed story! After all, it's an action movie, you get a lot of fight scenes, and that's about it! As far as story, don't expect a strong one.

It’s just … unbelievably bad 😂
All of it.

The American-centrism really brings down this film for me. It places a white American teen in the center of a classical Chinese story. As anticipated as the pairing of Jackie Chan and Jet Li is, the film is somewhat disappointing.

That said, it is still a thrill to see Jackie Chan and Jet Li share the screen. And to see Jackie Chan doing drunken boxing once again. I just wish the story had served the casting of the two legendary actors better.