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Director:
Writer (WGA):
John Fusco (written by)
Release Date:
18 April 2008 (USA)
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Tagline:
The path is unsafe. The place is unknown. The journey is unbelievable. more
Plot:
A discovery made by a kung fu obsessed American teen sends him on an adventure to China, where he joins up with a band of martial arts warriors in order to free the imprisoned Monkey King. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
4 nominations
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NewsDesk:
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Jet Li + Jackie Chan
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jet Li | ... | The Monkey King / The Silent Monk | |
| Michael Angarano | ... | Jason Tripitikas | |
| Jackie Chan | ... | Lu Yan / Old Hop | |
| Yifei Liu | ... | Golden Sparrow / Chinatown Girl | |
| Collin Chou | ... | Jade Warlord | |
| Juana Collignon | ... | Southie Girl | |
| Morgan Benoit | ... | Lupo | |
| Bingbing Li | ... | Ni Chang | |
| Jack Posobiec | ... | Southie | |
| Thomas McDonell | ... | Young Southie | |
| Zhi Ma Gui | ... | Old Woman | |
| Shen Shou He | ... | Farmer | |
| Bin Jiang | ... | Young Village Man | |
| Shaohua Yang | ... | Jade Soldier | |
| Yu Yuan Zeng | ... | Inn Keeper |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Gong fu zhi wang (China: Mandarin title)
Gong fu zi wong (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
Jackie Chan/Jet Li Project (USA) (working title)
King of Kung Fu (Hong Kong: English title) (literal title)
Untitled J&J Project (USA) (working title)
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Gong fu zi wong (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
Jackie Chan/Jet Li Project (USA) (working title)
King of Kung Fu (Hong Kong: English title) (literal title)
Untitled J&J Project (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for sequences of martial arts action and some violence.
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Runtime:
113 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Singapore:PG |
South Korea:12 |
Malaysia:U |
Hong Kong:IIA |
USA:PG-13 (certificate #44223) |
Philippines:G (MTRCB) |
UK:12A |
Ireland:12A |
Portugal:M/12 |
Australia:PG |
Finland:K-13 |
Netherlands:12 |
Norway:15 |
Sweden:11 |
Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) |
Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) |
New Zealand:M |
Argentina:13 |
Iceland:12 |
Brazil:12
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The characters are mostly taken from Chinese mythology and adventure pulps. Lu Yan is a famous Taoist Saint (He's better known as Iron-crutch Li, one of the Eight Immortals). The Jade Emperor is the ruler of the Heavens in Chinese myth. The Monkey King is from a 16th Century fantasy epic by Wu Cheng En. Golden Sparrow was the name of the character played by Cheng Pei Pei in a number of Shaw Bros films like Da zui xia (1966). The White Haired Demoness is the anti-heroine of a pulp novel by Liang Yusheng (filmed twice) with the same title.
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Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Jason makes reference to the game Virtua Fighter 2, and states that a character uses the "Buddha's Palm" technique. The only Virtua Fighter character that uses the move is Lei Fei. Lei Fei did not appear in the series until the fourth installment, and didn't get the "Buddha's Palm" move until Virtua Fighter 5.
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Quotes:
Jason Tripitikas:
He needs wine. It's his elixir.
Medicine Monk: We will send a walking monk.
Lu Yan: Don't you have a running monk?
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Medicine Monk: We will send a walking monk.
Lu Yan: Don't you have a running monk?
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Featured in Filming in Chinawood: Hengdian World Studios (2008) (V)
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A Note Regarding SpoilersWhy did Ni Chang have white hair?
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Jet Li + Jackie Chan = 1 Word... IMBA! I'm definitely a kung-fu movie fan, especially if it's starring Jackie Chan OR Jet Li, but this movie has them both in! The movie is all about the Chinese epic tale: "Journey to the West" About Sun Wu Kong, or better known as "Stone Monkey" it's one of my favorite Chinese stories.
It started out slow and it had me all confused when the main character was an American boy but it turns out that they had their own version of the tale. The boy strangely gets ported back inside the story where he meets the characters whose roles are played by Jet Li and Jackie Chan and they set out in a quest to return a staff owned by the stone monkey who was prophesied to end the tyranny of the Jade warlord, an evil general who is the villain in the movie.
The action scenes were really good, superb even. Jackie chan and Jet Li still had their kung-fu in them and it was fun and amusing to watch.
The Acting was good, especially by Jackie chan and Jet Li. (I liked Jet Li's role as stone monkey especially, because he really looked like a monkey) The storyline though, was quite predictable because, Jackie chan movies always end in happy endings. but as I always say: "What you say is just as important as how you say it." Same goes with a movie, though the storyline is predictable, how the story went and how it was flavored with humor and drama and action made the movie much, much better and so worthwhile and entertaining to watch.