Mike's "One Minute Review" of The Forbidden Kingdom
by Mike Feher
Storyline: A discovery made by a kung fu obsessed American teen sends him on an adventure to China, where he joins up with a band of martial arts warriors in order to free the imprisoned Monkey King.
This was an awesome movie.
Jackie Chan is the man. Jet Li is the man.
I am a big fan of John Fusco (writer) ever since Young Guns and he didn't let me down with this story.
Cinematically and dramatically it's a hit as well.
You will not want to pass up seeing this in the theaters, because DVD doesn't do a film like this justice.
It's got some funny quirks too, of course, with Jackie Chan playing a drunken fist immortal.