The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)

Name: The Forbidden Kingdom
Released: 2008
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Michael Angarano, Liu Yifei, Li Bingbing

• Movies, Action, Adventure, Fantasy

• 104 min

6.6

The battle for eternity is the fantasy of a lifetime.

Directed by: Rob Minkoff
Casting: Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Michael Angarano, Liu Yifei, Li Bingbing, Collin Chou, Morgan Benoit, Jack Posobiec, Thomas McDonell, Juana Collignon, Zhi Ma Gui, Shen Shou He, Bin Jiang, Shaohua Yang, Yu Yuan Zeng, David Will No, Sam Wong Ming-Sing
Countries: China, Hong Kong, United States of America
Premiere: 2008-04-17
Status: Released

Tags: martial arts, based on novel or book, temple, legend, villainess, time travel, fistfight, shaolin, tempel, urination, east asian lead, staff, medieval, wuxia, warrior, action hero

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.