Reviews

FORBIDDEN KINGDOM REVIEWS
Updated frequently!

The Spark Box Show: ‘The Forbidden Kingdom: Believe the Hype’ by Chris
Bandit Labs: ‘Forbidden Kingdom: Worth Seeing’ by Rathagos
New Strait Times [Malaysia]: ‘Funtastic martial arts caper by Sharon Wong
MNFilmTV review
At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper [with Phillips] – video review
Spill’s animated video review
Viewpoints: ‘Jackie Chan and Jet Li Together As Exciting As It Sounds’ by Laurabelle
Good Boy Gone Bad review: ‘You Can’t Miss It’ by Cedric
Christianity Today review by Peter T. Chattaway
Now Public review
Kung Fu Cinema review by Mark Pollard
State Hornet review by Typhani Yang
Daily Film Dose review by Alan Bacchus
Andy’s Movie Zone review
New Times review by Luke Y. Thompson
Northwest Asian Weekly: ‘‘Forbidden Kingdom’: Jackie Chan & Jet Li in their first movie together’ by Andrew Hamlin
Film School Rejects review by Kevin Carr
China Daily: ‘Jackie Chan, Jet Li enter ‘The Forbidden Kingdom” by Philip W. Chung
Aint It Cool News: ‘Quint takes a look at The Forbidden Kingdom’
Pioneer Press: ‘Entertaining ‘Forbidden Kingdom’ succeeds on a wink and a dare’ by Chris Hewitt
Mercury News: ‘Chan, Li make ‘Forbidden Kingdom’ delightful, action-packed martial-arts fantasy by Bob Strauss
Deep Focus review by Bryant Frazer
Baltimore Sun: ”Forbidden Kingdom’ casts magical spell’ by Michael Sragow
Star Telegram/Washington Post review
Asbury Park Press: ‘Karate Kid meets Crouching Tiger’ by Eleanor O’Sullivan
Daily Texan: ”Forbidden Kingdom’ is a martial arts paradise’ by MK Butler
Toronto Star: ‘Fun for the family’ by Peter Howell
Cinefantastique review by Steve Biodrowski
New York Times: ‘One More Time, Everybody is Kung Fu Fighting’ by A.O. Scott
Miami Herald: ‘Aging legends still got kick’ by Rene Rodriguez
Eclipse Magazine: Jackie Chan and Jet Li Together At Last!’ by Sheldon A. Wiebe
Past the Popcorn review by Michael Brunk
Maki at the Movies review by Greg Maki
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review review by Michael Machosky
Hot Indie News review by James Lane
Denver Post: “Forbidden Kingdom” a fabulist matchup for Jackie Chan, Jet Li by Lisa Kennedy
Salon.com review by Stephanie Zacharek
SJ.com: ‘A kung-fu adventure a newbie can enjoy’ by by Stephen Whitty
Seattle PI: ‘Action Fantasy is thrilling as it teams two legends by Sean Axmaker’
The Bad Splice review
AP (full review) by Christie Lemire
Flickfilosopher review by MaryAnn Johanson
Reel Views review by James Berardinelli
St. Louis Post Dispatch review by Joe Williams
Austin Chronicle review by Mark Savlov
Straight.com review by By Ron Yamauchi
LA Loyolan review by Zach Bourque
Newsarama forum review by Steve Fritz (some spoilers)
HipOnline review by ccmorris
Pontifications of the Sinister Minister (analysis) by Maurice Broaddus
Cinema Signals review by Jules Brenner
LA City Beat: Journey to the West, by Andy Klein
NY Press: ‘Mash of the Titans’ by Armond White
Scripps: ‘Forbidden Kingdom’ pays fun homage to martial-arts movies, by Betsy Pickle
McClatchy: ‘Forbidden Kingdom’ Worth Entering, by Cary Darling
Seattle PI: Forget Sarah Marshall and take a trip to the Forbidden Kingdom, by Peter Gonzaga
We Are Movie Geeks review
ReelzChannel review by Jeff Otto
Film Journal review by Daniel Eagan
ComingSoon.net’s Weekend Warrior by Edward Douglas
New York Magazine review by David Edelstein
Aint it cool news: ‘Could it really kick ass?’ by Drakefinx2604
LA2Day: ‘Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting!’ by Victor Ho
AngryWeb: ‘Disney director makes an ass-kicking kung fu blockbuster!’
Random Faulty Thinking review by Scott
Jason Watches Movies review by Jason Wiener
FilmIntuition review by Jen Johans
Cinemablend review by Josh Tyler
Funk Xero review
Beyond Hollywood reader review