- HD 1080
- Runtime: 104m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: zh
- Country: China, Hong Kong, United States of America
- Director: Rob Minkoff
- Stars: Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Michael Angarano, Liu Yifei, Li Bingbing
- keywords: 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
- Production_studio: Casey Silver Productions, China Film Co-Production Corp., Relativity Media, Lionsgate, The Weinstein Company, Arclight Films, Huayi Brothers Pictures, J&J Project, Salon Films
- Slogan: The battle for eternity is the fantasy of a lifetime.
- providers: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- The The Forbidden Kingdom is featured in the top rankings of 2008
- #23 in Top Adventure Movies of 2008
- #15 in Top Fantasy Movies of 2008
- #48 in Top Action Movies of 2008
An American teenager who is obsessed with Hong Kong cinema and kung-fu classics makes an extraordinary discovery in a Chinatown pawnshop: the legendary stick weapon of the Chinese sage and warrior, the Monkey King. With the lost relic in hand, the teenager unexpectedly finds himself travelling back to ancient China to join a crew of warriors from martial arts lore on a dangerous quest to free the imprisoned Monkey King.