Synopsis
Rob MINKOFF, famous for his directorial work in The Lion King (1994), Stuart Little (1999) and Stuart Little 2 (2002), teamed up with two ultimate Asian martial arts stars Jackie CHAN and Jet LI in The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) for Hollywood-style Kung Fu kicks, excitement and family-oriented fun. Though a westerner, MINKOFF's Kung Fu screen rendition is unquestionably solid, and exquisite. Jason, a teenager Hong Kong cinema and Kung Fu fanatic, stumbles on the golden club, the legendary weapon once owned by a Chinese wise man. The boy then enters the ancient forbidden kingdom, there joined by two Kung Fu masters Lu Yan and Ran. The two realize Jason is the one from the prophesy who is said to awake The Monkey King, who has been in coma for 500 years by the deed of the evil Jade Warlord. Now, the brutal training begins for Jason, while the warlord and the haggard witch conspire to kill them all.