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SYNOPSIS
Individually, they’ve starred in the most adrenaline-pumping martial-arts adventures ever. Together for the first time, Jet Li and Jackie Chan join forces to create the greatest epic of them all — The Forbidden Kingdom. As ancient Chinese warriors, they must train and mentor a 21st century kung-fu fanatic who’s been summoned to fight a centuries -old battle and free the imprisoned Monkey King. If you’re a fighting fan, the wait is over. The team is Ready. The Kingdom has arrived.

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REVIEW
Entertaining, though I really had a problem with the whole premise: Jackie Chan is waiting for centuries for someone “The Seeker?” to return the staff to the Monkey King. This kid is only given the staff in a last-minute attempt to save it from taken by robbers, making him “The Seeker?” That made no sense to me at all. Another thing that bothered me was the secret of the Monk, who’s creation is never even addressed.

Loved the characters and the choreography. Michael (Jason Tripitikas) was an interesting choice. Once he began his kung fu training, he started to look pretty good, but I still could not get past the face.