Product Information
Boston. Present day. While teenage kung-fu flick enthusiast Jason is buying bootleg DVDs from his favourite shopkeeper, Old Hop, he is drawn to an ancient golden staff. When a local bully forces weakling Jason to help rob Old Hop, Jason escapes with the staff and is magically transported to ancient China.Product Identifiers
ProducerCasey Silver
EAN5060052415660
eBay Product ID (ePID)66843114
Product Key Features
ActorYifei Liu, Ye Xiaokeng, Crystal Liu, Ngai Sing, Jackie Chan, Michael Angarano, Li Bing, Jet Li
Film/TV TitleThe Forbidden Kingdom
DirectorRob Minkoff
LanguageEnglish
Run Time104 Mins
Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
FormatBlu-ray
Release Year2008
FeaturesDangerous Beauty\Discovering China\Filming in Chinawood\Monkey Kings And Eight Immortals\Blooper Reel\Commentary by Rob Minkoff and John Fusco\Deleted scenes with commentary\Stroryboarding and previsualization\The Movie Before The Movie\Bonus Picture In Picture feature, Widescreen
GenreGeneral, Action & Adventure
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate12A/12
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
ComposerDavid Buckley
ChoreographerYuen Woo-Ping
ReviewsNew York Times - FORBIDDEN KINGDOM is a faithful and disarmingly earnest attempt to honor some venerable and popular Chinese cinematic traditions
Additional InformationEast meets West and kung-fu legends collide as Jackie Chan and Jet Li square off in the fists-a-flying, family-friendly FORBIDDEN KINGDOM. <BR>Based on the classical Chinese novel JOURNEY TO THE WEST, the film begins in modern-day Boston. There, while teenage kung-fu flick enthusiast Jason (Michael Angarano) is buying bootleg DVDs from his favourite shopkeeper, Old Hop (Chan, aged by prosthetic makeup), he is drawn to an ancient golden staff. When a local bully forces weakling Jason to help rob Old Hop, Jason escapes with the staff and is magically transported to ancient China. He is soon rescued from the forces of the Jade Warlord by Lu Yan (Chan), a raggedy wanderer whose wine-guzzling ways conceal his kung-fu mastery. Yan reveals the truth of the staff, and that Jason is the fabled Seeker who must return it to the Monkey King (Li) to prevent the warlord's evil plans. The two are joined in their quest by a kung-fu master, Silent Monk (Li), and a beautiful orphan (Liu Yifei) who harbours her own personal vendetta. Despite their differences, the two masters teach Jason the ways of the kung-fu warrior. And when Lu Yan is gravely wounded by the warlord's sexy assassin, Jason must bring his newfound skills and courage to bear if he is to save one world and return to his own. <BR>Choreographed by action impresario Woo-ping Yuen (THE MATRIX, KILL BILL) and shot on location in China, FORBIDDEN KINGDOM is an appealing family adventure about the importance of working together and the value of believing in one's abilities.
ScreenwriterJohn Fusco
Sound sourceDolby Digital
Movie/TV TitleThe Forbidden Kingdom
Director of PhotographyPeter Pau
Consumer AdviceContains frequent moderate violence