Plot:
Jason (Angrarano) is a teen who love his karate movies, but can't fight to save his life. While in the mist of a robbery of an antique Chinese shop, he gains possession of a mythical staff that transports him back to ancient China, where he teams up with Lu Yan (Chan), a drunken martial arts master, Silent Monk (Li) and Golden Sparrow (Liu), who will assist him in returning the rod to its rightful owner The Monkey King (Li) who was banished by the evil Jade Emperor (Wang). To achieve this task he must learn the ways of the great masters and do battle against the likes of the White Witch and the Jade soldiers. Good family movie.
Reel Talk:
Right off, I confess that I am a karate movie junkie. Flashbacks of when I used to catch the three karate movies marathon on Mondays at the Fox Theater or the Saturday night karate classics hosted by Charlie Rum, helped me to enjoy this movie. Chan and Li, who both have dual rolls in this movie, provided a more modernistic and comedic touch to their character oppose to the older classics, but the addition of the White Witch is what did it. I would personally like to see the combination of Chan and Li again on the big screen.
Starring: Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Michael Angarano, Deshun Wang and Yifei Liu
Directed By: Rob Minkoff
Rated: PG-13
I give it 4 corndogs
By: Corndog - The Reel Hustler
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