The Forbidden Kingdom

  • Theatrical - Wide 2008-04-18
Box Office Gross: $127,906,624
Running Time: 104 minutes
Language: English
Production Company: Casey Silver Productions, China Film Co-Production, Relativity Media, Lionsgate, The Weinstein Company, Arclight Films, Huayi Brothers Pictures 浙江华谊兄弟影业, J&J Project, Salon Films
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An American teenager who is obsessed with Hong Kong cinema and kung-fu classics 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, the... See more teenager unexpectedly finds himself travelling back to ancient China to join a crew of warriors from martial arts lore on a dangerous quest to free the imprisoned Monkey King.

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