good i always wanted a movie with dem 2 the white kid messed up the movie

An amazing and exciting action adventure! Filled with humor, breathtaking battles, and likable characters.

The fight scenes are what I expected between the legendary Jackie Chan and Jet Li, the story line is enjoyable, the scenery gorgeous, and the comedy fairly well done. My surprise came with the supporting cast, who enhanced the movie nicely....
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The fight scenes are what I expected between the legendary Jackie Chan and Jet Li, the story line is enjoyable, the scenery gorgeous, and the comedy fairly well done. My surprise came with the supporting cast, who enhanced the movie nicely. Overall, this movie works on many levels, none too deep, but very satisfying none the less.

Legendary martial art superstars Jackie Chan and Jet Li collide for the first time in one of the greatest modern day kung fu films since "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Shaolin Soccer" - "The Forbidden...
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Legendary martial art superstars Jackie Chan and Jet Li collide for the first time in one of the greatest modern day kung fu films since "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Shaolin Soccer" - "The Forbidden Kingdom."

An amazing cinematic adventure consisting of tastefully used wire work (as with most Li and action sequence choreographer Yuen Woo-ping films), the computer graphic fight scenes are limited.

This film is a modern take on the legendary Monkey King (Li) and his imprisonment by the Jade Warlord (Collin Chou), and the prophecy that a traveler from far away is returning the golden staff to free the king.

Following the trailers and Lionsgate logo - Kung Fu starts now.

We first see a gorgeous action sequence with the Monkey King battling an immense army over clouds in the mountains, only to realize it was a dream from a kid from Boston named Jason Tripitkas (Michael Angarano).

He goes to a pawnshop he frequents, and while looking for kung fu DVDs, he stumbles upon a storage room that contains a golden staff resembling the staff he saw in a movie of 13 Shaolin monks defending their temple.

The elderly shopkeeper, "Old Hop" (Chan), tells how his grandfather was given the staff and waited for someone to pick it up more than 100 years ago. Since then, his father and then himself were tasked with waiting.

On the way home, Tripitkas runs into bullies who force him to trick Hop into letting them in.

At this point, the group, except for Tripitkas, attempts to ransack the store, where Hop attacks one of the gang with the golden staff. The leader of the group, Lupo, (Morgan Benoit) shoots him in the chest.

Hop gives Tripitkas the staff and tells him to return it to its owner. He runs with the staff and the gang chases after him until they get into a rooftop, where he is trapped.

The staff, or some other force, slides him across the floor falling off, where we expect him to hit the ground and die.

Yet instead, he falls through it and is transferred to a land similar to ancient China, passed out on a bed.

He awakens in a daze. Confused and not understanding the language, he views the majestic landscape of the countryside, still holding the staff that forced him off of the rooftop.

Raiding soldiers, captured women and the killing those who try to defend themselves disrupt this peace and beauty. The general of the incoming squad recognizes the staff as the legendary staff of the Monkey King. Tripitkas runs until three men on horseback encircle him.

Then Lu Yan (Chan) appears.

Drunk. Lying on his back, on top of a donkey. He defends

Tripitkas using his drunken-style kung fu and is then told the legend of the Monkey King at a tavern, when raiders follow them and demand the staff.

Not until later in the film do we meet the silent monk with no name (Li) stealing the staff in order to find the one charged to deliver it to save the Monkey King.

In one of the greatest fight scenes ever seen since Bruce Lee, the monk and Yan battle in a temple over possession of the staff. Words cannot describe the hilarity, talent and sheer awe given by this fight.

"The Forbidden Kingdom" is a beautiful retelling of Wu Cheng'en's classic novel "Journey to the West" that will hopefully open this great work of art to a new generation.

Other than the poor beginning and ending, the amazing production, skillfully used computer graphics and the big names and talent of Chan and Li gives this movie the potential to be the first blockbuster of the upcoming season. It's well worth the money.