The Forbidden Kingdom

The Forbidden Kingdom

Rated PG-13

Running time: 1 hr 53 mins

Cast:

Jet Li
Jackie Chan
Michael Angarano
Yifei Liu

Critical Consensus:

*** out of *****
(64% Fresh Rating!)

Matt's Take:

Has Not Viewed

Mikey @ The Movies Official Rating:

*** out of *****

The premise:

A discovery made by a kung fu obsessed American teen sends him on an adventure to China, where he joins up with a band of martial arts warriors in order to free the imprisoned Monkey King.

MY REVIEW

This is a fun, entertaining flick. Pretty much thats all it has going for it, which is OK. This may be a PG-13 film, but I think its still geared towards that family film range. As a teenage/family movie, it works. The plot is way out there, but it looks good and is great fun. It has laughs, clean fight sequences (very minimal blood), and a quirky and unbelievable storyline. What more do you want from a family oriented fantasy movie?

The best parts of the movie were the fight scenes. They were very well choreographed, and looked darn fancy! Jet Li and Jackie Chan are in their element, and finally Jackie Chan isn't forced to do much American slang acting.

I don't know, I just don't have a whole lot to say about it other than it was entertaining. I would suggest it if you have a couple older kids and have nothing to do on a weekend night.


To view this film's theatrical trailer, click this link: Forbidden Kingdom

*This is the 107th new film I've seen and reviewed this year.

*This film is now on DVD.