The Forbidden Kingdom

[Mahmoud El-Azzeh]

This is the trailer for the Jackie Chan/Jet Li collaboration that former describes as "Nothing special". Shame really, I hope this is good because it could easily be the modern-day equivalent of The Princess Bride. Only one concern, Jackie has a lot of lines in this film and if he carried the attitude into the acting that he did in his not-so flattering post-production promotion, then *sigh*, it might turn out to be "nothing special". Check it out and decide for yourself...

[Sheridan Passell]

I wanted to see double ass kicking. I really didn't want their team up to be in some magical tale of fairyland.

[Mahmoud El-Azzeh]

Amen to that. When I first heard that they were going to do a movie together, I always thought that it would be Jet Li vs Jackie Chan and have the focus of the film purely on their rivalry. Alas, the egos were probably the reason why one would not want to be upstaged by the other should they have chosen a winner in the supposed final fight. Hell, if Pacino and De Niro could do it though...

Oh wow, here's a thought - why didn't they put the third in the trilogy of HK Box-Office superstars in the film too in Chow Yun-Fat? I mean, he could quite easily accept being killed off in the end just like in 70% of all the movies he's ever bloody been in! It's so weird how he always does that. "Top 10 Chow Yun-Fat Death Scenes" here we come!