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The forbidden kingdom - Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Michael Angarano, Rob Minkoff
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Movie propaganda
The path is unsafe. The place is unknown. The journey is unbelievable.
The forbidden kingdom takes us on a spellbinding, action/adventure journey into martial arts legend. Shot on location in China, this marks the historic first-ever on-screen pairing of martial arts superstars Jackie Chan and Jet Li and features the awe-inspiring action choreography of Woo-Ping Yuen.
While hunting down bootleg kung-fu DVDs in a Chinatown pawnshop, Jason Tripitikas (Michael Angarano) makes an extraordinary discovery that sends him hurtling back in time to ancient China. There, Jason is charged with a monumental task: he must free the fabled warrior the Monkey King, who has been imprisoned by the powerful Jade Warlord. Jason is joined in his quest by wise kung fu master Lu Yan (Jackie Chan) and a band of misfit warriors including Silent Monk (Jet Li). But only by learning the true precepts of kung fu can Jason hope to succeed - and find a way to get back home.
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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda
- Film action supernatural Buddhism China martial arts kung fu adventure Monkey Magic Tripitaka monk
Persons of interest
- Jet Li .... The Monkey King/The Silent Monk
- Michael Angarano .... Jason Tripitikas
- Jackie Chan .... Lu Yan/Old Hop
- Yifei Liu .... Golden Sparrow/Chinatown Girl
- Collin Chou .... Jade Warlord
- Juana Collignon .... Southie Girl
- Morgan Benoit .... Lupo
- Bingbing Li .... Ni Chang
- Jack Posobiec .... Southie
- Thomas McDonell .... Young Southie
- Zhi Ma Gui .... Old Woman
- Shen Shou He .... Farmer
- Bin Jiang .... Young Village Man
- Shaohua Yang .... Jade Soldier
- Yu Yuan Zeng .... Inn Keeper
- Deshun Wang .... Jade Emperor
- XiaoLi Liu .... Queen Mother
- Jason Chong .... Lu Yan/Old hop
- John Fusco .... Screenwriter
- Rob Minkoff .... Director
Cinematic intelligence sources
- The forbidden kingdom official movie site
- The forbidden kingdom film production notes
- The forbidden kingdom QuickTime movie trailers
- Awards and film festivals:
- Golden Trailer Awards 2008: Nominated: Best Action TV Spot For "Legendary Warriors", Best Animation/Family Poster For "Final"
- NB: English and Mandarin language dialogue with English language subtitles
- Studios and distributors:
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Theatrical report
The forbidden kingdom tries hard but never gets above the predictable stage. With Crouching tiger, hidden dragon, you never quite knew what was going to happen next and you were constantly surprised by the kung fu stuff. Now, Chinese martial arts movies are ho-hum, even though this film resurrects some of the cool themes of the 70s Japanese classic Monkey Magic. The forbidden kingdom is a fun film for the uneducated but nothing worth writing home about.
The action, supernatural movie The forbidden kingdom is directed by Rob Minkoff and stars Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Michael Angarano.
Government security censorship classification
PG (Martial arts violence and infrequent coarse language)
Surveillance time
104 minutes (1:44 hours)
Not for public release in Australia before date
Film: 24 July 2008
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