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The forbidden kingdom [videorecording (DVD)].

Maple Pictures, 2008.

Time travel -- Drama.

[videorecording (DVD)].

1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 12 cm.

"Loosely based on the 16th-century novel Journey to the West"--Wikipedia.com.

Double-sided DVD: Side A contains a widescreen version and preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio. Side B contains a full screen version and is re-formatted to fit your TV.

A US/China/Hong Kong co-production.

Includes English and French language tracks.

Closed-captioned.

Director, Rob Minkoff.

Jackie Chan and Jet Li with Collin Chou, Liu Yifei, Li Bing Bing and Michael Angarano.

Jason is an American teenager who is obsessed with Hong Kong cinema and kung-fu classics. He 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, Jason unexpectedly finds himself traveling back to ancient China. He meets the drunken kungfu master, Lu Yan; an enigmatic and skillful Silent Monk; and the vengeance-bent Golden Sparrow. Jason is lead on a quest to return the staff to its rightful owner, the Monkey King, who has been imprisoned in stone by the evil Jade Warlord for five hundred years. Along the way, while attempting to outmaneuver scores of killers, Jason learns about honor, loyalty and friendship and the true meaning of kungfu.

Adventure films.

Martial arts films.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Cheng, Long, 1954-

Chou, Collin, 1967-

Liu, Yifei, 1987-

Li, Bingbing, 1976-

Angarano, Michael.

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