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Overview
Tagline:
The path is unsafe. The place is unknown. The journey is unbelievable. morePlot:
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 synopsisAwards:
4 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(16 articles)
DVD Release Calendar (From Twitch. 19 August 2008, 6:44 AM, PDT)
Jackie Chan is ‘The Spy Next Door’ (From screeninglog. 5 August 2008, 8:18 PM, PDT)
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A Nice Martial Arts Fantasy Story moreCast
(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 |
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Also Known As:
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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Rated PG-13 for sequences of martial arts action and some violence.Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
USA:113 minCountry:
USAColor:
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2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
Norway:15 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #44223) | Portugal:M/12 | Australia:PG | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | South Korea:12 | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-13 | UK:12A | Ireland:12A | Malaysia:U | Hong Kong:IIA | Netherlands:12MOVIEmeter: 
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In addition to Bruce Lee, the opening credits also features photographs of famous martial arts actors from the famous Shaw Brothers film studio during the 1970's and 1980's. Among the actors shown are Kara Hui Ying-Hung, Ti Lung, David Chiang, Lau Kar-Leung, Gordon Liu (Lau Ka-Fai), Kuan Tai Chen and The Venom Mob. moreGoofs:
Continuity: When the Jade Warlord slams the Silent Monk onto the Monkey King's altar at the end, it cuts to a different shot and the Silent Monk disappears, reappearing in the next shot. moreQuotes:
Jason Tripitikas: You think you'll teach me the No Shadow Kick? Oh, and the Buddha Palm Technique. There's a guy in Virtua Fighter 2, who does the Buddha Palm Technique.[Lu gives him a cup]
Jason Tripitikas: Thanks, Lu. And he does the Iron Elbow. And he does the One Finger Death Touch.
[the cup starts overflowing]
Jason Tripitikas: The cup's full. Stop! It's full!
Lu Yan: Exactly, how can you fill your cup if already full? How can you learn Kung Fu, you already know so much. No Shadow Kick, Buddha Palm! Empty your cup.
[Jason empties his cup]
Lu Yan: [looks at him in surprise] Hopeless. It is hopeless!
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Jackie Chan returns in a Drunken Master (1978) role along with Jet Li in a more mysterious but delightful twisting role in this fantasy martial arts film that requires a leap of faith into myths, legends, and magic. In doing so, this adventure tale is compelling from the very beginning with a quick, fast martial art scene followed by some amazing opening credits. The martial art fights are prolonged and exciting and the storyline is although predictable, entertaining and worthy of an evening storytale. Not a classic, nor epic, not heavy, and never managing to enter into serious realm of award-winning, this movie is nevertheless a summer, adolescent family movie that is worth its admission price and both Jackie Chan and Jet Li offer up some good performances in a movie without any real failings. Eight out of Ten Stars.