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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 imprisoned Monkey King.
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Cast & Crew
Jackie Chan
Old Hop / Lu Yan
Jet Li
The Silent Monk / The Monkey King
Michael Angarano
Jason Tripitikas
Liu Yifei
Golden Sparrow / Chinatown Girl
Li Bingbing
Ni Chang a.k.a White-Haired Witch
Collin Chou
Jade Warlord
Morgan Benoit
Lupo
Jack Posobiec
Southie
Thomas McDonell
Young Southie
Juana Collignon
Southie Girl
Zhi Ma Gui
Old Woman
Shen Shou He
Farmer
Bin Jiang
Young Village Man
Shaohua Yang
Jade Soldier
Yu Yuan Zeng
Inn Keeper
David Will No
Jade Officer (voice, uncredited)
Sam Wong Ming-Sing
Shi Xiao Ju
Sparrow's mother
Wang Deshun
Ryan Kavanaugh
Executive Producer
Michael Paseornek
Executive Producer
Lynwood Spinks
Executive Producer
John Fusco
Writer
Casey Silver
Producer
Yuen Woo-Ping
Executive Producer
Rob Minkoff
Director
Philip Lee
Producer
Scott Fischer
Producer
Raffaella De Laurentiis
Executive Producer
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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