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The Forbidden Kingdom
2008
· Movie
· 104 min
C
MEANRANK
63/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3560
- IMDb #3410
- Google retired #837
- Rotten Tomatoes #2994
- Metacritic #2896
- Letterboxd #3876
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3168
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3339
- Metacritic Critics #2747
- Metacritic Audience #3075
- Criticker #2801
- Douban #2542
- Kinopoisk #2043
- AlloCiné #3839
- Trakt #2990
Every rating
37–92
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 37, highest is Google on 92.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →An American teenager who is obsessed with kung fu movies is transported back to ancient China through a magical staff. He discovers he is the prophesied savior who must return the staff to its rightful owner, the Monkey King. He is guided on his quest by a drunken martial arts master and a silent monk, learning kung fu to defeat a powerful warlord.
Details
- Director
- Rob Minkoff
- Writer
- John Fusco
- Based on
- Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en
- Released
- 17 April 2008
- Country
- China, Hong Kong, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $55.0M
- Box office
- $127.9M