The Forbidden Kingdom takes its viewers to China


Jackie Chan, who has been stuck in the memory of his viewers for more than 20 years, returns in a new movie that is currently being shown in local cinemas, “The Forbidden Kingdom.” The return of Jackie Chan affected the emotions of many of his fans, as most of them agreed that this “fun fighter was not It is affected by the passage of his years of life.” Others said that the film “succeeded in large measure;

As he gathered the most important Chinese fighters in it.” Others admired the story of the film and the combat tools and arts that were used in most of its scenes, giving it a score ranging from eight to 10 degrees.


 The film revolves around Jason, a teenager who is obsessed with everything related to kung fu, and Shan befriends the owner of a café, who is older than him, and who is killed during a robbery of his café, so that Jason finds himself in the position of defender of those present, and the events unfold as if a dream in his imagination, when he discovers a magic wand In a betting shop in Chinatown (during his visit to that store to buy a DVD movie about kung fu), that stick is the magic wand of ancient Chinese warriors, so time moves him back to ancient China, where he finds himself joining a group of The legendary Chinese warriors who are trying to free their king (the Monkey King), who turned into a captive monkey, only to discover that the stick in his possession is the legendary stick of the Monkey King.


Continuous fun

What distinguishes Jackie Chan, according to Abdullah Hussain, is that “the passage of time does not affect his vitality or his fun.” He added, “This man left us with great admiration to the point that today we did not notice the wrinkles on his face,” giving the film 10 degrees.


In turn, Muhammad Ali said, "Jackie Chan is a man who was able to prove that age has nothing to do with excellence and creativity," stressing, "Whoever will watch the film now and return to the old Jackie Chan films will not see a big difference in his performance and the aesthetics of his martial movements," giving the film 10 degrees.

Magdy and Amr Al-Husseini agreed with him, as they said, "After Jackie Chan passed the age of 50, this only increased his experience, which he invested in adding aesthetic and realism to his performance, which made us - personally - appreciate and respect him as an actor who was and still is part of our cinematic archive." Nine degrees.


Martial Arts


Waed Al-Harbi said that “the most beautiful thing in the film is the combat performance that brought together Jackie Chan, Jet Li, and others.” He added, “Combat weapons such as sticks, knives, swords, and daggers have a special scene in Chinese culture, and despite the presence of weapons that are much more important than them, the Chinese were able To be creative with it and transfer this culture of theirs to the whole world », giving the film nine marks.


On the other hand, Saber Al-Khair Billah said, “Whoever wants to train in martial arts professionally, it is not necessary to go to a specialized club as long as Jackie Chan films exist,” adding, “especially in the presence of Jet Li, this skilled and young fighter who won many awards for his excellence.” With this kind of fighting », giving the film 10 degrees.


As for Dawoud Al-Marri, he saw that “the most important characteristic of the film is not only the presence of Jackie Chan, but also the picturesque scenes and scenery that witnessed the finest combat duels that contained a lot of accuracy, creativity and distinction.” He added, “This movie teaches morals before anything, and beautiful fighting is a kind of Ethics, too, if the weapon is directed at the enemy,” giving the film 10 degrees.


A fictional story


, and Zahir Muhammad saw that, "as usual in old fighting films, the stories are fictional, and do not relate to reality with anything." refusing to give any result.

As for Ghassan Fares, he affirmed, “What distinguished the film is its beautiful story that made us travel to several regions in beautiful China, and see it far from the disasters and earthquakes that always appear tragically,” giving the film 10 degrees.

 They said about the movie

Bruce Bennett from “Spectrum”: Welcome back the heroic friends, they enjoyed their fine performance.


 CBS Radio's Rockeven McCarthy: It's a microcosm of American deception in the image involving the Chinese.


 Yvandro White from "The Stranger Magazine": It is a movie of the era, beautiful and interesting, and there is a clear harmony between the cast.


  Christopher Smith from the Daily News: It's nice not to see the effects of age on young hero Jackie Chan.


 Raisamuel Borer from "Magazine Magazine": The story is shaky and only suitable for young people.

Shan Wali.. Rare frankness

In a rare frankness in the Hollywood community, the famous "action" actor Jackie Chan revealed that the script for his new movie "The Forbidden Kingdom" was "not interesting" to him, had it not been for him "an opportunity to meet his martial arts star counterpart" Jet Li on the screen, in their first collaboration.

The film is the 95th of Shan, who is close friends with Lee, but they have never found a suitable joint venture.

Not only was the name Jet Li attractive to Chan, but also the name of director Rob Minkoff.

It remains to be mentioned that the story of the film is inspired by an ancient Chinese novel entitled "Journey to the West", and that novel was combined with the legendary story of the "Monkey King", an ancient Chinese legend that revolves around the Monkey King who is fluent in martial arts.

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