Forbidden Kingdom: Jackie Chan and Jet Li Collaborate
For the First Time ever, 2 Kungfu Star Legends: Jackie Chan
("Drunken Master", "Rumble In the Bronx", "Shanghai Noon", "Rush Hour",
"Robin-B-Hood", "The Accidental Spy", "Mr.Nice Guy", "Police Story", and many
more) and Jet Li ("WAR", "Hero", "The One", "Fist of Legend", "Lethal Weapon 4″,
"Romeo Must Die", "Fearless", "Kiss of the Dragon" and many more) collaboration
in new Movie this Year "The Forbidden Kingdom" 2008.
The Forbidden Kingdom is Director by Rob Minkoff who made "Stuart Little" and
"The Lion King" and The story line, courtesy of writer John Fusco who wrote
"Young Guns", "Hidalgo" and with master fight choreographer (and yet another
executive producer) by Woo-Ping Yuen, who did the honors for such films as "The
Matrix," "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Kill Bill."
This is Special Movie Story about China's mythical past, and the project shoot
on China's mainland. and "Forbidden Kingdom" as a result is larded with lore,
with references to "things long foretold" and "the elixir of immortality" as
well as martial arts moves with names like the Iron Elbow and Buddha Palm.
The Story Starting with the awkwardly named Jason Tripitikas (Michael Angarano).
He's a kung fu-obsessed youth from Boston with no visible parents, Bruce Lee
posters on his wall and a life that revolves around watching old movies found in
a Chinatown shop run by an ancient pawnbroker.
Kung fu consumed American teen Jason Tripitikas (Michael Angarano) must travel
back in time to reunite a golden staff with its rightful owner - the Monkey
King. In his quest to bring order back to the ancient Chinese world he has
teleported to, he is aided by Lu Yan (Jackie Chan), an immortal who uses wine
and drunken fighting to gain the upper hand; Sparrow (Yifei Liu), a young female
warrior whose parents were killed by the injurious ruler known as the Jade
Warlord; and Silent Munk (Jet Li), a guardian who is also on a mission to
retrieve the staff.
The Monkey King has been imprisoned in stone for 500 years, and his only hope of
restoring peace to ancient China is to regain his legendary weapon. Jason
undergoes numerous adventures during his journey to the Temple of the 5
Elements, where the immortal Jade Warlord resides with his massive army,
including fighting off hundreds of soldiers, and a white-haired demoness with a
deadly whip.
All of the colorful and chaotic characters in the film are based on Chinese
mythology, adventure pulps, and classic kung fu movies, but the average viewer
isn't going to notice. You would have to be as obsessed as the ambivalent main
character to recognize the borrowed concepts from ancient Chinese legend and
lore. What the average viewer will undoubtedly notice is the extreme goofiness
of the story, all of the plot holes that typically accompany such fantasy fare,
and the many quick zooms on ominous faces and statuesque martial arts stances.
And perhaps question why Jason already knows how to ride a horse, or why a Jet
Li/Jackie Chan movie actually stars a scrawny American boy.
Drenched in eye-rolling fantasy jargon (such as chi magic) and grossly
stereotypical characters, the plot is somewhat reminiscent of The Wizard of Oz
or Black Knight (the Martin Lawrence film) insomuch as the lead character
journeys to a fantasy world designed to match an overactive imagination. Fueled
by fanciful yearnings for adventure and excitement, Jason explores lavish
settings, including a merciless desert, luscious rainforests, and humongous
stone temples, where Woo-Ping Yuen's stunning fight choreography can look very
impressive. In an unbelievable world, the fighting gets equally farfetched, and
so wire-fu sequences tend to overtake realistic brawling, constantly breaking up
the marvel of watching two legendary martial arts masters finally square off.
The Story, The Director, The Writer, The Master Fight Coreographer, and
offcourse what we're waiting for, The Kungfu Legend Actor Jackie Chan and Jet
Li, made this become Most Wanted and Must Seen Movies this Year 2008.
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