As bizarre as it is that it's taken so long to get Jet Li and Jackie Chan together, it’s even more bizarre that it’s happened in a film like The Forbidden Kingdom.
As bizarre as it is that it's taken so long to get Jet Li and Jackie Chan together, it’s even more bizarre that it’s happened in a film like The Forbidden Kingdom.
Bizarre especially for Li, who has made a career of looking very serious as he delivers the goods, but here takes to the light-hearted script with aplomb, proving himself an equal match for Chan's more experienced comedy chops. Michael Angarano is a Kung Fu obsessed teen sucked into the titular kingdom to save the Monkey King.
But it’s Li and Chan who, inevitably, provide the highlights with a series of more-or-less CGI-free fights. Aimed squarely at young boys who will delight in its simple Karate Kid-meets-Crouching Tiger vibe, The Forbidden Kingdom charms.
