There were funky china men from funky China town! The Forbidden Kingdom was one of the best films I've seen recently, it combines non-stop action, comedy and a star studded cast. The film starred martial arts legends Jackie Chan and Jet Li as well as lesser known actors Michael Argarano and the rather gorgeous Yifei Liu, Chan and Li alone make this film worth watching. David Buckley also did a tremendous job with the music, he masterfully creates an iconic and exciting piece of music but also adds a hint of traditional Chinese melody's with great effect.
The film starts when Jason (Michael Argarano) finds the legendary Monkey king staff in the back of a Chinese pawn shop, the staff sends him back through time to ancient China. He then meets Lu Yan (Jackie Chan) who saves him and takes him as his student in martial arts, they are later helped by Sparrow (Yifei Liu) who also joins them on their quest to deliver the staff back to the Monkey King (Jet-Li) during their quest they meet the Silent Monk (Jet-Li) who also joins them in their attempt to deliver the staff and free the stone encased monkey king but the jade warlord stands in their way. This leads to some kung fu fighting, those cats were fast as lighting, In fact it was a little bit frightening but they fought with expert timing.
All in all this was a superb, action packed, kung-fu filled thrill ride with an amazing cast and a terrific story. It is impossible to watch this film without daydreaming about being in ancient China or at least daydream about Yifei Liu. I'll end this post with a quotation from the film He who speaks, does not Know; He who Knows, does not speak.
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