The Forbidden Kingdom Best Chinese Action Movie
The Forbidden Kingdom (Chinese: 功夫之王: Gong Fu Zhi Wang (Mandarin) or Gung Fu Ji Wong (Cantonese) and translated King of Kung Fu (English); Working title: The J & J Project) is a 2008 wuxia film written by John Fusco, and directed by Rob Minkoff, and starring Jackie Chan and Jet Li. Loosely based on the 16th-century novel Journey to the West, it is the first film to co-star Jackie Chan and Jet Li. The action sequences were choreographed by Yuen Woo-ping.
The film is distributed in the United States through Lionsgate and The Weinstein Company,and through The Huayi Brothers Film & Taihe Investment Company in China. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the US and Hong Kong on September 9, 2008 and the United Kingdom on November 17, 2008. Rotten Tomatoes' critical consensus praises the fight scenes but says the film has too much filler. The Forbidden Kingdom grossed $128 million against a budget of $55 million. The film was a box office success.
Directed by. : Rob Minkoff
Written by. : John Fusco
Produced by : Casey Silver
Starring :
Jackie Chan
Jet Li
Collin Chou
Liu Yifei
Li Bingbing
Michael Angarano
Cinematography : Peter Pau
Edited by :Eric Strand
Music by : David Buckley
Production
companies :
Casey Silver Productions
Huayi Brothers
Relativity Media
Distributed by :
Lionsgate
The Weinstein Company (United States)
Huaxia Film Distribution (China)
Release date :
April 18, 2008 (United States)
April 24, 2008 (Hong Kong)
Running time :104 minutes
Countries :
United States
China
