Legendary martial arts stars Jackie Chan and Jet Li come together onscreen for the first time ever in director Rob Minkoff's time-traveling take on the Monkey King fable that finds an American teen transported back to ancient China after wandering into a pawn shop and discovering the king's fighting stick. Once there, the adventurous teen joins an army of fierce warriors who have sworn to free their imprisoned king at all costs. In addition to appearing as the mythical Monkey King, Li assumes the role of...more
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… kind of like Baby's first kung fu.
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OK for kids 12+
A worthy effort - not good enough - but worth the price of admission. by MOVIES REVIEWER A light-hearted entertaining (funny-in-parts) martial-arts fantasy along the vein of 'The Karate Kid'. This movie is NOT a re-telling of the Buddhist/Taoist...
Forbidden Kingdom Review by swalker2005 Beautiful scenery and fantastic choreography. Although the story was a compilation of several old story lines he change of scenery and the addition of Jet Li...
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