Thoughts: A year after their first adventure, the Pevensie siblings (Lucy, Edmund, Peter, Susan) are pulled back into Narnia. A thousand years have past in Narina and now the evil General Miraz (Sergio Castellitto), uncle to the true heir Prince Caspian (Ben Barnes), is ruling it. Although not as good as the first one, Prince Caspian was entertaining and the Pevensie siblings are the best especially Susan (Anna Popplewell) and Peter (William Moseley). The only downfall was Ben Barnes as Prince Caspian who although attractive was not a good actor and seemed even worst compared to the rest of the excellent cast.
(M) The Forbidden Kingdom. (Rob Minkoff, 2008) Grade: B-
Thoughts: Jet Li and Jackie Chan in the same movie, it cannot get better than this. Sadly I wish it did. This would have been a great movie if they got rid of the kung fu loving teenager Jason Tripitikas (Michael Angarano), who is suppose to free the Monkey King (played by Jet Li in duel roles) by returning his staff. The storyline was a bit of a mess but the rest of the movie was fine with strong fight scenes and Chinese mythology. Liu Yi-Fei as Golden Sparrow was good but Li Bing-Bing was extremely impressive. Her fight scenes were a tribute to Bride with White Hair films. Jet Li and Jackie Chan were both terrific and played well off of each other, however Jackie Chan has more of that Hollywood charm than Jet Li.
Movie Count: 57
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