The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)

China, Hong Kong, United States of America

Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Casey Silver Productions, China Film Co-Production Corporation, Relativity Media, Lionsgate, The Weinstein Company, Arclight Films, Huayi Brothers Pictures, J&J Project

Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Michael Angarano, Liu Yifei, Li Bingbing, Collin Chou

Rob Minkoff

John Fusco

Taglines: The battle for eternity is the fantasy of a lifetime.

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.

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