2/4  Never Ending National Karate Kingdom's Treasure
Fairly good, but a little hokey overall. The film did not appear to take itself very seriously, but did take itself seriously enough not to be funny. In so doing, it lands into that cinema limbo land where the audience isn't quite sure h... (read full)

4/4  Hiyah!!!!
Targeted more toward adolescent males than fans of actual Chinese acrobatic fighting, The Forbidden Kingdom may polarize viewers expecting one thing but getting another. Chan and Li are together for the first time and there choreography an... (read full)

2.5/4  The Never-Ending Story - China Edition
I never realize that the Never-Ending Story could be remade into a kung-fu movie. I liked this aspect. It was a neat story, good action, beautiful cinematography and Jackie Chan's character was good and funny like usual. I thought that wit... (read full)

3/4  Mindless Fun, Nothing More
Even though the story is cheesy and the script isn’t as sharp as it should have been, this was fun to watch because it has so much energy and there are so many exciting action sequences. I also liked the exotic locations, may they be CGI o... (read full)

2/4  The Forgettable Kingdom
I am glad to see I am not the only one to hold such views to this movie.

Jackie Chan and Jet Li's meeting in a film is a clash of the titans on epic proportions and when it was announced that they would be in a martial arts film togeth... (read full)

2/4  Butt kicking is good but story is not
There's something really wrong about having Jackie Chan and Jet Li in the same movie. For one both of them can't speak fluent English and half of what they say I can't understand. Another thing they lack much off is the chemistry part. Yes... (read full)

2.5/4  The Forbidden Kingdom Quick Review
Yeah, one thing that really annoying in this movie was Michael Angarano.

1/5 Hideously Bad
  by William Kerney (San Diego, CA)
I am a fan of HK cinema and wuxia films, but this movie made me want to tear my eyeballs out. And ram pencils through my eardrums. The acting, dialogue, and plot of the movie are hideously bad, and I would be tempted to say that any of the positive reviews on here must be astroturfers for the movie studios, except I am open to the notion that some people could actually enjoy this movie. After all, someone has to watch all of those hideous reality TV shows, right?

I'm trying to search for anything positive to say about the movie... even the lauded team-up between Jackie Chan and Jet Li didn't pan out in the movie. There were so many things they could have done, but all the opportunities were wasted, such as when JC and JL were arguing over how to best train the clueless white guy - that could have been a great scene! But it wasn't.

And if the idiot white guy was such a big fan of martial arts movies, why didn't he understand he'd have to go through a tough training montage sequence like everyone else? The guy is a hate-able moron.

The cute Chinese girl utters her dialogue like she's a wooden robot.

And yeah, that about covers it.

4/5 Jackie Chan & Jet Li, a great combination
  by Jim Gateley (Sunnyvale, CA)
This is a really good fantasy adventure movie with two of my favorite actors (Jackie Chan and Jet Li). A boy finds himself in a different world and becomes the key to the future of that world.

4/5 Great product, mildly damaged package
  by JSadowski
The movie itself is a great buy if you are looking for an excellent copy of the movie with all the goodies such as blooper reels and so forth that we come to expect. However, my case had been punctured by something, though the outer packaging was fine, so I don't believe it was damaged in shipping. Otherwise, excellent buy for the money.

5/5 The Battle of the Century!
  by J. Giang (Bay Area, CA USA)
Okay, given that the century is still fairly young, and given that Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee had their fights ALL THE WAY back in the late-1900's, this is still a very worthwhile movie to watch.

The storyline is a bit tacky with a white kid going into this parallel/past universe/timeline, but the fighting sequences definitely carry this movie. The acting, when compared to old Chinese fighting movies, is pretty on-par, and the always-humorous Chan paired with the statuesque Li (and his hyperactive jovial monkey alter-ego) makes for a very entertaining movie throughout.

This is the first Blu-ray movie that I have viewed (decided to give my PS3 a healthy workout), and the detail and sharpness of everything is extraordinary. The fighting scenes defnitely come alive. I am still trying to figure out how to fully utilize the Blu-ray's functionalities (like the RGBY buttons?), but not a whole lot of different menu options than a normal DVD.

The only detractor from watching this in Blu-ray is that the display is so detailed that you see the aging wrinkles of two great martial artists. =/

5/5 Great Martial Arts Movie J&J one of my favs
  by Terrence Stockton (johnson city, TN USA)
First of all, I'm surprised this didn't do better in the box office. It is the first pairing of the 2 legends Jackie Chan and Jet Li in the same movie. I did go to the theaters and see it. It has special meaning since it was the last movie I saw with my mother before she died. Jackie Chan is my favorite actor though and the fight scene between them was worth the price. I thought adding the kid would make it lamer but it didn't bother me too much. If next time J&J do a movie it should just focus on them. I was impressed with Jackie's fighting in the movie considering his age. It has a good story and sort of reminded me of The Wizard of Oz, but the foreign version. I pretty much knew I would have to own this movie even before I actually saw it. If your into martial arts and think Jackie or Jet rock you have to own it. It is one of my favorite movies of all time!!