Tagline: The path is unsafe. The place is unknown. The journey is unbelievable.
A discovery made by a kung fu obsessed American teen sends him on an adventure to China, where he joins up with a band of martial arts warriors in order to free the imprisoned Monkey King.
In “Forbidden Kingdom,” American teenager Jason (Michael Angarano), who is obsessed with Hong Kong cinema and kungfu classics, finds an antique Chinese staff in a pawn shop: the legendary stick weapon of the Chinese sage and warrior, the Monkey King (Jet Li). With the lost relic in hand, Jason unexpectedly finds himself transported back to ancient China.
There, he meets the drunken kungfu master, Lu Yan (Jackie Chan); an enigmatic and skillful Silent Monk (Jet Li); and a vengeance-bent kungfu beauty, Golden Sparrow (Crystal Liu Yi Fei), who lead him on his quest to return the staff to its rightful owner, the Monkey King – imprisoned in stone by the evil Jade Warlord (Collin Chou) for five hundred years.
Production notes provided by Lionsgate Films.
The Forbidden Kingdom
Starring: Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Michael Angarano, Collin Chou, Crystal Liu Yi Fei, Li Bing Bing
Directed by: Rob Minkoff
Screenplay by: John Fusco, Ch’eng-En Wu
Release Date: April 18th, 2008
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sequences of martial arts action and violence.
Studio: Lionsgate Films
Box Office Totals
Domestic: $52,075,270 (43.6%)
Foreign: $67,452,303 (56.4%)
Total: $119,527,573 (Worldwide)