The Forbidden Kingdom

South Boston teenager Jason Tripitikas is a fan of martial arts films and awakens from a dream of a battle between the Monkey King and celestial soldiers in the clouds. He visits a pawn shop in Chinatown to buy wuxia DVDs and discovers a golden staff. On his way home, Tripitikas is harassed by some hooligans, whose leader Lupo attempts to use him to help them rob the shop-owner Hop, who is shot by Lupo. Hop tells Tripitikas to deliver the staff to its rightful owner and Tripitikas flees with the staff. He is cornered on the rooftop before being pulled off the roof by the staff.

MPAA Rating:PG-13
Genre:Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country:China, United States
Produced By:Ted Duran, Nai Liang Chi, Ryan Kavanaugh, Mathew Tang, Jason C. Lin, Willie Chan, Bey Logan, Billy Badalato, Lynwood Spinks, David U. Lee, Raffaella De Laurentiis, Zhongjun Wang, Casey Silver, Michael Paseornek, Philip Lee, Scott Fischer, Steven Chasman, Woo-Ping Yuen, Solon So, Hester Hargett
Directed By:Rob Minkoff
Written By:John Fusco
Cast:Yu Yuan Zeng, Alan Ng, Collin Chou, Tony Persico, Michelle Du, Jun Cheng Hong, Mathew Tang, Yang Jun, XiaoLi Liu, Yifei Liu, Kathleen LaGue, Xiao Dong Mei, Zhi Ma Gui, Shaohua Yang, Matthew Grant, Bin Jiang, Juana Collignon, Shen Shou He, Meng Guo, Michael Angarano, Jack Posobiec, Bingbing Li, Morgan Benoit, Jackie Chan, Xiao Keng Ye, Jason Chong, Ming-Sing Wong, Thomas McDonell, Jet Li, David No, Deshun Wang
In Theaters:Apr 18, 2008
Runtime:1 hour 44 minutes
Production:Casey Silver Productions, China Film Co-Production Corporation, Huayi Brothers Media, Prosperity Pictures, Relativity Media
Budget:$55,000,000
Box Office:$52,075,270
Available On:Amazon, Itunes, Vudu
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