The Forbidden Kingdom
dir. Rob Minkoff
60
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An American teenager who is obsessed with Hong Kong cinema and kung-fu classics makes an extraordinary discovery in a Chinatown pawnshop: the legendary stick weapon of the Chinese sage and warrior, the Monkey King. With the lost relic in hand, the teenager unexpectedly finds himself travelling back to ancient China to join a crew of warriors from martial arts lore on a dangerous quest to free the imprisoned Monkey King.
Directed byRob Minkoff
StarringJackie Chan, Jet Li, Michael Angarano, Liu Yifei, Li Bingbing, Collin Chou
Written byJohn Fusco
CinematographyPeter Pau Tak-Hai
MusicDavid Buckley
The Forbidden Kingdom
2008 · PG-13 · 1h 44m
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
An American teenager who is obsessed with Hong Kong cinema and kung-fu classics makes an extraordinary discovery in a Chinatown pawnshop: the legendary stick weapon of the Chinese sage and warrior, the Monkey King. With the lost relic in hand, the teenager unexpectedly finds himself travelling back to ancient China to join a crew of warriors from martial arts lore on a dangerous quest to free the imprisoned Monkey King.
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