Forbiddened Kingdom

At long last, the movie everyone was waiting for since time began, the epic match up on the level of De Niro and Pacino! Well, Chinese kung-fu variants thereof anyway.

Cut to the chase: Forbidden Kingdom is must-see for anyone who likes Jackie Chan, Jet Li, or Hong Kong style action movies with mixes of humour. Or even if you have no particular preference, you should go see it anyway.

Okay, okay, it's nominally about white boy Jason Tripitakas (played by Michael Angarano, who managed to pull off some stunning looking moves) who finds himself in the old Chinese Kingdom, meeting up with ancient kung-fu masters and kicking lots of ass. Also a minor love story, but it's very, very not-subtle.

Not that anyone cares, as it's mainly the audience playing "spot the big star in heavy makeup" until the two big names fully kick onto the big screen. Jackie Chan is playing up the humour as ever, and even Jet Li gets to have a lot of fun. And, yes, there is a big scene involving the two of them facing off and knocking each other about, as there really had to be.

The plot is pretty basic, but I think you can tell by now the plot's not the point. Go enjoy the fu!

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