Unpretentious Me

Whoaaaa…I love both Jackie Chan and Jet Li and seeing them acted in the same movie is something that I’ve been waiting for so long. I went to watched the midnight show of The Forbidden Kingdom yesterday with my boo. The movie opens with a prologue about the Monkey King (Jet Li) and I’m sure most of you remember the famous ‘Journey To The West‘ drama series rite? I can say that Dicky Cheung plays the role of the Monkey King a.k.a Suen Ng Hung better than anyone else Goshhhh, I love the series very much!

While hunting down bootleg kung-fu DVDs in a Chinatown pawnshop, Jason makes an extraordinary discovery that sends him hurtling back in time to ancient China. There, Jason is charged with a monumental task: he must free the fabled warrior the Monkey King, who has been imprisoned by the evil Jade Warlord. Jason is joined in his quest by wise kung fu master Lu Yan and a band of misfit warriors including Silent Monk. But only by learning the true precepts of kung fu can Jason hope to succeed - and find a way to get back home.

Cast :
Jackie Chan as Old Hop/Lu Yan & T’sa-Ho
Jet Li as The Monkey King/The Silent Monk
Crystal Liu Yifei as Golden Sparrow
Michael Angarano as Jason Tripitikas
Collin Chou as Jade Warlord

Directed by Rob Minkoff

Jackie and Jet Li’s characters here in TFK are written based from their characters in their greatest on screen moments for examples Drunken Master and The Shaolin Temple respectively. Both men are still able to pull off some very entertaining fight sequences regardless of their age…lol…The long awaited fighting scene of the two kungfu legends Jackie Chan versus Jet Li are finally here and this is what I meant by that (see the clip below) :

However, I know that this is the westernization of a Chinese story but how I wish if the characters would speak in either Mandarin or Cantones…hehehe…It’s just weird to hear them speak in  English especially when the movie is set in a legendary Chinese kingdom…hmmm!

Nevertheless, I’m surprised to see Crystal Liu in this movie. It’s been a while since I last saw her in the 2006 television series, ‘The Return of the Condor Heroes‘. Actually, I watched the series from the CDs I bought during my holidays in KL back in 2006

Overall, I’d give ‘The Forbidden Kingdom’ a 3.5/5. If you love to see the two kungfu legends in actions, this is the right movie to watch. Don’t expect too much though. And I’m sure that it is the main reason people come and watch this movie!