The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) poster PG-13

The Forbidden Kingdom

The battle for eternity is the fantasy of a lifetime.

★ 6.6 2008 · 2000s 104 min en

Synopsis

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 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

Memorable quotes from The Forbidden Kingdom

"Remember what I taught you."
"Praying Mantis, very good. For catching bugs, but not tigers."
"Kung-Fu. Hard work over time to accomplish skill. A painter can have kung-fu. Or the butcher who cuts meat every day with such skill his knife never touches bone."
"The musician can have kung-fu, or the poet who paints pictures with words and makes emperors weep. This, too, is kung-fu."
"Formless, nameless, the true master dwells within. Only you can free him."
"Learn the form, but seek the formless. Hear the soundless. Learn it all, then forget it all. Learn The Way, then find your own way."
"But do not name it, my friend, for it is like water. Nothing is softer than water yet it can overcome rock. It does not fight. It flows around the opponent, formless, nameless."
"How romantic. Men will tell you what you want to hear, Sparrow, but in the end they will leave you with nothing!"

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