Once you have a fantasy flick, you cant escape the plot of having a loser kid transforming into a man or a hero. So thats the basis of the whole story in Forbidden Kingdom. Even Jackie Chan in one of his interviews admitted that he is not too interested in the plot until he heard that Jet Li is already on board for this one.
Its kinda weird seeing fellow Chinese speaking English and during ancient times? However the movie turned out fine for pure entertainment value. Its hard for me to passed on this movie when Jet Li and Jackie Chan are my 2 biggest idols. Having 2 of them on the silver screen just left me gasping for more. So here I was in the cinema on a Sunday morning.
I hope for their next collaboration, they would do something on a more serious tone. Maybe having Jet Li reprising his role as Wong Fei Hong and Jackie Chan as the Drunken Master under So Hat Yee. Remember, if you have watched Once Upon A Time In China before, Wong Fei Hong did mentioned why he never uses his fist as his fist techniques are more deadly than his No Shadow Kick. Then he starts to drink some wine, and uses his drunken fist technique to defeat his opponent. Drunken Fist meets No Shadow Kick. That be an instant classic.
It be great if they can slug it off for the fans on screen. By the way, this must be a Hong Kong production, if not it will certainly lose its originality if it was produced in Hollywood instead.
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