The Forbidden Kingdom

Published at around evening time of April 20, 2008

Jackie Chan & Jet Li in 'The Forbidden Kingdom.'

I am a big Jackie Chan fan. Expectedly, it follows that I also love watching other Asian stars rising from the martial arts genre. So when I came across an online article about the movie “The Forbidden Kingdom” starring both Jackie Chan and Jet Li, I knew I just had to see it. Fortunately for me, Hana was game enough to watch it as well.

Though both stars are admittedly a bit older for typical artists in their genre, age fails to show especially in their fight scenes. Both stars still do the crazy stunts they’ve always been known for; an MSNBC article even reports that they were too eager to show off their skills that cameramen had to beg them to slow down.

I wouldn’t say that the movie’s story is as good as “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” or any of their best films, but it’s still enjoyable enough to watch from beginning to end. Heck, I would’ve paid for the movie just for their fight scene. The other main characters fit their roles well though honestly, I was more into the fight sequences than the whole film itself.

Any fan of both artists or of their type of martial arts films will not regret seeing this. Now if only they’d do more of these films again…

Wait, I really enjoyed this one that I just had to share a desktop wallpaper I remixed from the movie’s official site. You can have it in 1280×800 or 800×480 resolution.

7 replies to “The Forbidden Kingdom”

  1. 1 hana 11PM of April 20

    Wohoo! It was a great movie!Ü I enjoyed watching it even if I was a bit sleepy.=P

  2. 2 deuts 11AM of April 21

    Oh, it’s showing already. I just read it in Reader’s Digest a long time ago. It’s good that you bring this up. Now, I need to go and see this movie! Thanks!

  3. 3 Jehzeel Laurente 3AM of April 23 {subscribed to comments}

    speechless :) the movie was.. ahmmmmmm… i can’t describe it :D

  4. 4 markku 2AM of April 25

    @hana: Thanks for watching it with me, ganda di ba? ;)

    @deuts: Don’t miss it!

    Jehz: Speechless? I’m sure it was at least entertaining.

  5. 5 FunnySexy 12PM of April 27

    Hey Markku! ^^ Hope you’d share the iblog after party photos. You take mean pictures! Galing… See yah around. :D

  6. 6 Poyt 4PM of April 28 {subscribed to comments}

    I’m a Jet Li fan! OMG I can’t wait to watch this movie. LOL nice wallpaper!

  7. 7 markku 8PM of April 29

    @FunnySexy: They’re posted now. :)

    @Poyt: Watch it asap! :)

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