Review

THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM

This movie stars Jackie Chan & Jet Li together for the first time! This alone is enough to make people who have the slightest idea of who the above mentioned two are very much interested in this movie.

This movie is about a boy who turns into a man. It is about how this kung fu loving boy fights back against some bully boys in his place. What turns this boy into a hero is an adventure… The adventure where King Monkey has been turned into a statue by an evil emperor and only when a golden rod breaks the statue, The King will come back to life. As expected the person who gets that rod is our boy.
Adventure in ancient magical East Asia ensues…

Lets get to the point. I am a huge Jackie fan so I generally don’t give a lot of South Harmon Institute of Technology about the story. As long as Jackie gets enough screen time, I am ok with it. Yes… fortunately both the legends get lot screen time.

Jackie stars as this drunken Immortal guy and Jet Li as a Monk. These two give our hero some Kung fu lessons and prepare him to take the rod to the King monkey. A girl called sparrow whose parents were murdered by the evil king, joins this team to take revenge on the evil king.

This movie is all about Jackie and Jet Li and they don’t disappoint you even a bit. You also get to see an action sequence between these two, as the two legends battle each other for the rod. To see Jackie & Jet Li fight it out is enough to get your money worth!! There are enough of action sequences, humor (rain in the desert rocks!!), CG, Jackie and Jet Li for you to love this movie.

Jackie as usual is outstanding as the drunken immortal. I don’t think there’s anyone as charming and strong and funny as Mr. Chan when it comes to movies. Jet Li is amazing too… but his performance as the supposedly funny king monkey is not great. May be being funny is not Jet Li’s thing!! The chemistry between these two is great. Look out for their reaction when the boy tells them about Bruce Lee… simply outstanding. The protagonist is cool and the girl as sparrow is good. The evil team is also good. The final sequence where the boy Kung Fu s his enemies is greatly shot. Directed by Rob Minkoff(Stuart little) this movie would be great fun for kids too.

All in all not a great movie but when Jackie & Jet Li stars in the same movie… You have to see it!!!!!

RATING: 7/10

- V