Going into this movie, I was definitely not expecting anything. I figured we’d see some fight scenes, some hot Asian chicks, and cringe at the horrendous melodrama. Well the fight scenes were there, as were the hot Asian chicks, and I indeed cringed at the melodrama. I was not expecting the comedy to actually be more than passable. I got some real and genuine laughs out of The Forbidden Kingdom, Jackie Chan especially.

One of the crowning highlights was when Jet Li says his first line in the movie, “YOU FOOLR!” Yes. He said it exactly how I wrote. I’m sure the producers left that in there just for shits and giggles. The entire theater burst out laughing when he said it. Honestly I had a much easier time understanding him when he was speaking in Chinese. For comedy effect, they milked the fob accent as hard as they could. Then they had Jet Li…laugh. Have you ever seen him laugh in a movie? Off hand I can’t think of one, although I have not seen all of his films. The sight was just eerie to behold.

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