The Forbidden Kingdom

 


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  • April 18, 2008
  • the plot revolves around Jason Tripitikas (Angarano), a modern-day American teenager who is transported back to ancient China after discovering the Monkey King's magical staff. 
  • He accompanies Lu Yan / Old Hop (Chan) and Sun Wukong / Silent Monk (Li) on their quest to return the staff to its rightful owner while trying to avoid the minions of the evil Jade Emperor (Chou).

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  •  They attempt to seize his staff, but he is saved by the inebriated traveling scholar Lu Yan, a supposed "immortal", who remains alert and agile even when drunk.
  • Lu tells him the story of the rivalry between the Monkey King and the Jade Warlord, who tricked the King into setting aside his magic staff, Ruyi Jingu Bang, and transformed him into a stone statue
  •   but the King cast his staff far away before the transformation. Lu ends the tale with a prophecy about a "Seeker" who will find the staff and free the King.
 
  The Destined One defeats the Black Bear Guai, who has the "Craving Eyes" relic enshrined atop a pagoda. He takes the relic, while the Black Bear Guai surrenders. " - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Myth:_Wukong
 
"a Chinese video game development and publishing company, best known for its first internationally released Black Myth: Wukong (2024). It is headquartered in Shenzhen with an additional office in Hangzhou."
 
 
"translated as the Black Wind Demon, is a character from the 16th century Chinese novel Journey to the West. He is a demon based in a cave on Black Wind Mountain (黑風山). His true form is a black bear, thus the demon is also known as the Black Bear Monster (Chinese: 黑熊精),[1][2] but he appears as a dark-complexioned man armed with a Black Tassel Spear.[3][4]" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heifeng_Guai


  • the Warlord, upon learning about the staff, sends the witch Ni-Chang to help him retrieve it in exchange for the elixir of immortality. Jason, Lu and Sparrow meet the Silent Monk who joins them in their quest to free the King. As the four travel to Five Elements Mountain, Lu and the Monk teach Jason kung fu along the way.
  • The Monk is mortally wounded by the Warlord and passes the staff to Jason, who uses it to smash the King's statue. The King is freed and the Monk is revealed to be one of the King's clones. Sparrow is killed, the Warlord is eventually stabbed by Jason after being defeated by the King and falls into a lava pit to his death. The Jade Emperor, having returned from his meditation, praises Jason for fulfilling the prophecy and grants him one wish. Jason asks to be returned back home.

 




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