Dec 21 2007'Forbidden Kingdom' Trailer Sort of Joins China's Biggest Action Stars
The Forbidden Kingdom has been being touted as this amazing, long-awaited team-up between Jet Li and Jackie Chan. So why, when I see the trailer, am I being completely underwhelmed by some dipshit LaBeouf impostor and his magical, Neverending Story-esque trip to fantasy China? Surely there must have been an easier way to explain these two Chinese action stars working together. Couldn't it just be like an Ocean's Whatever movie, but with Kung Fu stuff and harder to understand? Or Rush Hour, but with Jet Li? Or could we at least get them in the same shot?
If Aliens and Predators or Jason and Freddy can be thrown together with so little regard to logic, why not these two? It can't be the dire need to tell the The Monkey King legend again; if I've already seen four adaptations without even trying, there must be hundreds more in China.
Reader Comments
1. Rose - December 21, 2007 7:25 PM
I just saw this trailer today in theaters. My sister started squealing when the "guy-that-looks-like-Shia-LeBeouf-yet-is-not-Shia-LeBeouf" came on screen and almost missed Jackie Chan in dreadlocks. It sounds like a failure, which is too bad when it has both Jackie and Jet Li.
2. tardsucka - December 22, 2007 6:55 AM
the plot of this movie is every wapanese kid's dream come true.
3. Highrespectable - December 22, 2007 9:24 AM
Ohhh,very nice...I`am surprise
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4. Sexton - December 22, 2007 11:43 AM
Damn it, when you said "joins" I thought you meant like Siamese twins. I would like to see a movie starring Jet Li and Jackie Chan as kung-fu-fighting Siamese twins.
5. woodhorse - December 28, 2007 6:25 AM
Jackie Chan in dreadlocks. There is a God. I won't be here for awhile, I have to watch this movie over and over. I have to.
6. Alan Smith - March 12, 2008 3:50 PM
I like how people always have to ring a bell when they're riding a bicycle in a movie trailer, just in case you're not sure they're on a bike, now you know.
And what's jack mcfarland and rosie o'donnel's son doing messing around with karate