Release April 18th 2008. Cert TBC. A martial arts adventure film which is the first film collaboration between martial arts veterans Jackie Chan and Jet Li, with action choreography by Yuen Woo-ping.
An American teenager takes a spellbinding, dangerous journey into martial arts folklore in the action - adventure epic FORBIDDEN KINGDOM. Shot on location in China, THE film marks the historic first-ever onscreen pairing of martial arts superstars Jackie Chan and Jet Li and features the awe-inspiring action choreography of Woo Ping who also choreographed The Matrix, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.
While hunting down pirated kung-fu DVDs in a Chinatown secondhand shop, Jason (Michael Angarano) makes an extraordinary discovery that sends him hurtling back in time to ancient China. Jason is given an Important quest, he must free the fabled warrior the Monkey King, who has been imprisoned by the evil Jade Warlord. Jason is joined in his quest by knowlegeable kung fu master Lu Yan (Jackie Chan) and a band of misfit warriors including Silent Monk (Jet Li). Only by learning the true precepts of kung fu can Jason hope to succeed and find a way to get back home.