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The Forbidden Kingdom is a 2008 action, martial arts, and fantasy film directed by Rob Minkoff and written by John Fusco. The cast includes Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Collin Chou, and Liu Yifei. Produced by Relativity Media, Casey Silver Productions, China Film Co-Production, Lionsgate, and The Weinstein Company, the film originates from China and the United States. It is based on Journey to the West and features time travel as its main subject. The narrative takes place in Boston and China.
The film has a runtime of 104 minutes and was released in 2008. It was distributed by Starz Entertainment and Netflix in video on demand format. The original language is English. David Buckley composed the music, while Peter Pau served as director of photography. The movie received a PG-13 rating.
Review scores include a 6.5 rating from 113,636 votes on IMDb, a 63% rating from Rotten Tomatoes, and a 57/100 Metacritic score. The film had a budget of 55,000,000 and generated revenue of 127,906,624. It received five nominations total.
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Film · TMDB
6.6An 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.
Cast
- Jackie Chan as Old Hop / Lu Yan
- Jet Li as The Silent Monk / The Monkey King
- Michael Angarano as Jason Tripitikas
- Liu Yifei as Golden Sparrow / Chinatown Girl
- Li Bingbing as Ni Chang a.k.a White-Haired Witch
- Collin Chou as Jade Warlord
Themes
- martial arts
- based on novel or book
- temple
- legend
- villainess
- time travel
- fistfight
- shaolin
- east asian lead
- medieval
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Ratings
IMDb
6.5/10
112,714 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
63%
Metacritic
57/100
- Year
- 2008
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Fantasy
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 5 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Rob Minkoff
- Written by
- John Fusco
- Produced by
- Casey Silver
- Starring
- Jackie Chan Jet Li Collin Chou Liu Yifei Li Bingbing Michael Angarano
- Cinematography
- Peter Pau
- Edited by
- Eric Strand
- Music by
- David Buckley
- Production companies
- Casey Silver Productions Relativity Media
- Distributed by
- Lionsgate The Weinstein Company (United States) Huaxia Film Distribution (China)
- Release dates
- April 18, 2008 ( 2008-04-18 ) (United States) April 24, 2008 ( 2008-04-24 ) (China)
- Running time
- 104 minutes
- Countries
- United States China
- Languages
- English Mandarin Cantonese
- Budget
- $55 million
- Box office
- $128 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Journey to the West
- Main subject
- time travel
- Director
- Rob Minkoff
- Screenwriter
- John Fusco
- Composer
- David Buckley
- Production company
- Relativity Media
- Cinematographer
- Peter Pau
- Narrative location
- China
- Duration
- 104
- FilmAffinity ID
- 854483
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.forbiddenkingdommovie.com
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- publication date
- 2008-00-00
- title
- The Forbidden Kingdom
- distributed by
- Netflix
- described at URL
- tw.movie.yahoo.com/movieinfo_main.html/id=2552
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 57/100
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Encyclopedic overview
The Forbidden Kingdom (Chinese: 功夫之王: Gong Fu Zhi Wang (Mandarin) or Gung Fu Ji Wong (Cantonese) and translated King of Kung Fu (English); Working title: The J & J Project) is a 2008 fantasy wuxia film written by John Fusco and directed by Rob Minkoff, starring Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Michael Angarano, Liu Yifei, Collin Chou, and Li Bingbing. Loosely based on the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West, the plot revolves around Jason Tripitikas (Angarano), a modern-day American teenager who is transported back to ancient China after discovering Sun Wukong's Ruyi Jingu Bang. He accompanies Lu Yan (Chan), Silent Monk (Li), and Golden Sparrow (Yifei) on their quest to return the staff to its rightful owner while trying to avoid the minions of the evil Jade Warlord (Chou) and the White-Haired Witch (Bingbing). The action sequences were choreographed by Yuen Woo-ping.
The film is regarded as the first co-production helmed by an American director to make a primarily English-language wuxia genre film set in ancient China for a global audience. Heavily promoted as the first film starring both Chan and Li, it was distributed in the United States through Lionsgate and The Weinstein Company, and through The Huayi Brothers Film & Taihe Investment Company in China. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $128 million against a budget of $55 million.
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