The forbidden kingdom

The Resource The forbidden kingdom
Label
The forbidden kingdom
Statement of responsibility
Lionsgate ; Weinstein Company ; Casey Silver Productions ; Relativity Media ; HBMG Pictures ; director of photography, Peter Pau ; executive producer, Ryan Kavanaugh, Woo-Ping Yuen, Wang Zhongjun, Jon Feltheimer, Raffaella De Laurentiis ; produced by Casey Silver ; written by John Fusco ; directed by Rob Minkoff
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • spa
  • eng
Summary
Jason is an American teenager who is obsessed with Hong Kong cinema and kung-fu classics. He 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, Jason unexpectedly finds himself traveling back to ancient China. He meets the drunken kungfu master, Lu Yan; an enigmatic and skillful Silent Monk; and the vengeance-bent Golden Sparrow. Jason is lead on a quest to return the staff to its rightful owner, the Monkey King, who has been imprisoned in stone by the evil Jade Warlord for five hundred years. Along the way, while attempting to outmaneuver scores of killers, Jason learns about honor, loyalty and friendship and the true meaning of kungfu
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Music by David Buckley ; score produced by Harry Gregson-Williams ; music supervisor, Adam Smalley ; costumes by Shirley Chan ; senior visual effects supervisor, Ron Simonson ; editor, Eric Strand ; production designer, Bill Brzeski ; action choreographer, Woo-Ping Yuen ; associate producers, Philip Lee, Mathew Tang ; line producer, Hester Hargett-Aupetit
Intended audience
MPAA rating: PG-13; for sequences of martial arts action and some violence
Language note
In English with optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned
PerformerNote
Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Collin Chou, Liu Yifei, Li Bing Bing, Michael Angarano
Runtime
104
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
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