Filmed in the adventure genre film "Forbidden Kingdom" was released in 2008. This is an incredibly beautiful fairy tale, in which every frame of the ancient Chinese traditions are woven into each frame.
Excellent game of actors of the "Forbidden Kingdom", costumes, atmosphere and an interesting story from the very first frame capture and carry into the world of fantasy and adventure.
Summary
The protagonist of the film - an American teenagerJason (Michael Angarano), who is keen on Kung Fu movies and constantly visits the shop of a good old man in Chinatown in search of new CDs. Everything is going well, until street hooligans force and threats force the young man to help them in robbing the very same shop. During the robbery, the old man was seriously wounded, but before losing consciousness, he hands Jason the Golden Staff, asking him to return it to its rightful owner.
Running away from bullies, a teenager gets intotemporary funnel and mystically transferred to China, where his adventures begin. Jason meets Lu Yang (Jackie Chan) - masters of kung-fu engineering "drunken fist." He explains to the young man the importance of the weapon that fell into his hands, and tells the legend associated with it.
Turns out the magic staff isthe property and the talisman of the immortal Monkey King (Jet Li), who during the battle with the evil Jade Warlord (Colleen Chow) was deceived and turned into stone. But before turning into a statue, the Monkey King managed to send his staff to the world of Jason.
Now Jason needs to find the Monkey King and give him back his weapon ...
Jet Li
The name Jet is the pseudonym of the Wushu master Li Lianjie.Born in 1963, was the youngest child in the family. Since childhood, he was fond of sports, but after he got to the summer sports camp and met wushu, he became interested in this sport seriously and for a long time. He regularly performed wins various championships and tournaments around the world. He was invited to celebrations, banquets and meetings of foreign delegations.
At age 18, starring in his first film, "The TempleShaolin ", Lee immediately becomes famous. Then there were shooting in other" Shaolin "films, after which he got his nickname Jet, which means" reactive ".
Shot in the "Forbidden Kingdom", the actor openedfor the viewer from the new side: he is no longer the crushing all serious fighter as we used to know him, here Jet Li is smiling and even grimacing, portraying the Monkey King. And it looks very accommodating and interesting.
Jackie Chan
In his films has grown more than one generation of viewers.The famous stuntman, producer, and actor in the Forbidden Kingdom also delights us with his play. Jackie is also a pseudonym. The real name of the hero of the militants is Chan Kong Sang.
His childhood was not easy. Chan was born in 1954 in a very poor family. In search of earnings, his parents, together with the baby, went to Australia.
At the age of 6, Chan Kong Sang was sent home toPeking Opera School. They taught not only singing in it: they taught dance, acting, acrobatics and martial arts. Thanks to the training here, Jackie Chan played his first role at the age of 8. And for the next 2 years he appeared in 25 more films.
After high school, Jackie began working as a stuntman at Shaw Brothers. The first roles were insignificant and did not bring success.
The glory of the famous stuntman came to the actoronly after filming the movie "Fist of Fury" with Bruce Lee in the lead role. After that, there were other films, and pretty soon Jackie Chan became the most sought-after and highly paid actor in Hong Kong.
In 1982, he enters the Guinness Book of Records,in 1983, shoots the comedy film "Winners and Sinners." He was followed by his other masterpieces: "Operation A", "Police Story", "Dragons Forever", "Armor of God" - two parts, "Supercaster" and others.
Jackie Chan founded a stunt association, under which he created an agency to find and select young talents.
Dual roles
These legendary actors in the "Forbidden Kingdom" performed two roles.
Jackie plays the old shopkeeper and drunken master Lu Yang, and Jet Li plays the mysterious monk and the Monkey King.
Meet Asian superstars on screenturns into choreographically beautiful wrestling in an ancient temple that fans of restless Jackie Chan and Lee, who is not behind him, and lovers of Tibet, monks and dynamic kung-fu will surely enjoy.
The whole film crew and actors of the Forbidden Kingdom did a great job in order to immerse the viewer into a beautiful fairy tale and give unforgettable impressions.
