The Forbidden Kingdom: (not surprisingly) kickass.

So yesterday I yanked my dear mother out ouf bingo to watch The Forbidden Kingdom. She loves Jackie Chan too so it was pretty easy.

(SPOILER ALERT, though I'm not giving away the ending.)

The Forbidden Kingdom. Was. AWESOME. An easy addition to my list of favorites. The nod to Drunken Master was very very cool, and let me tell you: just the fight sequence between Jackie Chan and Jet Li was worth the price of admission. It was long, brilliantly choreographed, and showed off the different styles of two equal fighters. In fact, it was so evenly matched, it was almost as if to mock those fans that still won't abandon the age-old debate over who can kick whose butt.

Of course I didn't like everything about the movie--to be honest, I would've liked it better if they'd just done away with the whole subplot about the kid, whose personality borrowed a little too much from Karate Kid's Daniel-san. Not to mention he looks almost exactly like Shia Lebouf. I have nothing against Shia Lebouf, he's just not my idea of a kung fu warrior.

But the subplot didn't get in the way of the ass-kicking, so the movie is overall still a winner. The fact that it was so over-the-top in some parts (Monkey King!) just made it even more fun to watch, and right for the genre. (If you want something believable, go watch that Patrick Dempsey wedding movie, you pansy.) There was plenty of comic relief. And the fight scenes were pretty frigging sweet.

If you're a fan of both Jet Li and Jackie Chan... you don't need to be reading this. If you're a fan of either one, you'll end up loving the movie and liking them both. And you saw the trailers and the posters, right? Proclaiming the two masters, brought together in a movie--"Never before. And maybe never again." Maybe never again. So start placing your bets on when they'll come out with the sequel.