The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)

The Forbidden Kingdom rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.5/10· 113K votes

Rotten Tomatoes63%

Metacritic57%

TMDb6.644/10· 2K votes

With 63% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.5/10 on IMDb and 57/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.

About The Forbidden Kingdom

An American teenager who is obsessed with Hong Kong cinema and kung-fu classics makes an extraordinary discovery in a Chinatown pawnshop: the legendary stick weapon of the Chinese sage and warrior, the Monkey King. With the lost relic in hand, the teenager unexpectedly finds himself travelling back to ancient China to join a crew of warriors from martial arts lore on a dangerous quest to free the imprisoned Monkey King.

Cast of The Forbidden Kingdom

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  Jackie Chan

  as Old Hop / Lu Yan

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  Jet Li

  as The Silent Monk / The Monkey King

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  Michael Angarano

  as Jason Tripitikas

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  Liu Yifei

  as Golden Sparrow / Chinatown Girl

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  Li Bingbing

  as Ni Chang a.k.a White-Haired Witch

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  Collin Chou

  as Jade Warlord

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  Morgan Benoit

  as Lupo

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  Jack Posobiec

  as Southie

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  Thomas McDonell

  as Young Southie

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  Juana Collignon

  as Southie Girl

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  Zhi Ma Gui

  as Old Woman

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  Shen Shou He

  as Farmer

The Forbidden Kingdom facts

Budget

$55M

Box office

$127.9M