Review of The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) by Mickaw90 . — 07 Oct 2010
Great the fantasy movie but Hollywood a little bit ruined it. Michael Angaro was believable for in the action scenes. But what comes to in the leading role, he disappear into shadows when he was on the big screen with Jackie Chan, Jet Li and with their charisma. Overall the cast was the perfect (when script allowed that).
The story was simple and very good for nowadays Hollywood scale. Off course there are some a tiny thinks which were embarrassing moments. Example Chinese`s spoke more in English than their own language. And how they used some old Chinese mythologies.
Kind of surprise that both Jackie and Jet took a two different roles. Jet plays silent monk and also the Monkey King. Silent is more serious and in the Monkey King role Jet showed his comedian skills. Meanwhile Jackie plays half comedy and half drama role in Lu Yan role and second role.. he plays a very old man named Hop, the pawn shop owner.
This review of The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) was written by Mickaw90 . on 07 Oct 2010.
The Forbidden Kingdom has generally received positive reviews.
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