L'impero proibito

Titolo originale: The Forbidden Kingdom
Regia: Rob Minkoff |
Anno: 2008
Origine: China | Hong Kong | United States of America |
Generi: Azione Avventura Fantasy
Tag: martial arts | based on novel or book | temple | legend | villainess | time travel | fistfight | shaolin | tempel | urination | east asian lead | staff | medieval | wuxia | warrior | action hero |
Cast: Jackie Chan | Jet Li | Michael Angarano | Liu Yifei | Li Bingbing | Collin Chou | Morgan Benoit | Jack Posobiec | Thomas McDonell | Juana Collignon | Zhi Ma Gui | Shen Shou He | Bin Jiang | Shaohua Yang | Yu Yuan Zeng | David Will No | Sam Wong Ming-Sing | Shi Xiao Ju | Wang Deshun |

Jason é un ragazzo ossessionato dai kung-fu movie classici di Hong Kong e quando, girando per i negozi di Chinatown, si trova tra le mani un reperto preziosissimo, la spada appartenuta ad un antico imperatore, viene catapultato nell'antica Cina, dove due maestri gli insegneranno l'arte del kung-fu, facendolo combattere al loro fianco per liberare l'imperatore...

Frasi

Lu Yan: It's fake, You can find anything these day [...] D
[last lines] Lu Yan: And as one legendary journey [...] D
Lu Yan: [the Silent Monk does a Praying Mantis sta [...] D
Jason Tripitikas: You really saved our lives back [...] D
Jason Tripitikas: I can't understand you. Lu Yan: [...] D
Jason Tripitikas: [seeing guards approaching] What [...] D
The Silent Monk: Learn the form, but seek the form [...] D
The Monkey King: You have freed me traveller, now [...] D
Lu Yan: It is said that master and student walk si [...] D
[the Monk assists Jason in his training] Lu Yan: [...] D
Old Man Hop: [pushing the staff into Jake's hands] [...] D
Ni Chang: How romantic. Men will tell you what you [...] D
Lu Yan: Don't tell me you consider it sinful to dr [...] D
Golden Sparrow: Come drink with me. D
Jason Tripitikas: He needs wine. It's his elixir. [...] D
Jason Tripitikas: I don't know, Where I am? How I [...] D
Lu Yan: A musician can have Kung Fu, or the poet w [...] D
Jason Tripitikas: You think you'll teach me the No [...] D
Lu Yan: No, Drunken fist. Secret Kung Fu after Sou [...] D
Jason Tripitikas: Is this a dream? Lu Yan: No, Wh [...] D
Old Man Hop: [to Jason] You been watching too much [...] D
Chinatown Girl: Is he gonna be all right? Jason T [...] D
Lu Yan: I suggest you keep riding west and only st [...] D
Jade Warlord: [looking at Jason] The seeker from t [...] D
Jason Tripitikas: [Crossing the desert to get to t [...] D
Jade Warlord: No more weapons, no more Chi magic. [...] D
Lu Yan: When I was your age, I was a scholar-warri [...] D
[Hop is assisted by paramedics onto a stretcher] [...] D
The Silent Monk: But do not name it my friend, for [...] D
[Lu Yan meets the Silent Monk for the first time] [...] D
Lu Yan: You try to steal the staff for the Warlord [...] D
Golden Sparrow: She should have killed you, witch! [...] D
[the Jade Warlord tricks the Monkey King into beco [...] D
Jason Tripitikas: What's going on? Hop? Old Man H [...] D
Jade Soldier: Where did you get that weapon? D
Golden Sparrow: [as she lies dying] Jade Warlord? [...] D
Lu Yan: Innkeeper, more wine! Jason Tripitikas: J [...] D
Lu Yan: Satisfied all was well in heaven and earth [...] D
Old Man Hop: Only storage back here. Jason Tripit [...] D
Lu Yan: Jump! Jason Tripitikas: [stops before lea [...] D
The Silent Monk: But, he's not even Chinese. D
The Silent Monk: What about the two tigers on one [...] D