"If one does not attach himself to people and desires, never shall his heart be broken -- but then, does he truly live?" a martial arts concept central to all relationships and living a purposeful life. Lu Yuan (Jackie Chan) gives Jason Tripitikas (Michael Angarano) a different perspective on life with a willingness to accept death by contrasting full living with death and empty life without death. There are more obvious corollaries. In kumite (sparring), one can never strike an opponent without creating an opening to being struck. In business, there is no profit without taking risk. In love, there is no intimacy without vulnerability. The Forbidden Kingdom is a US produced Chinese Wuxia genre film, directed by Rob Minkoff, martial arts choreography by Yuen Woo-ping, starring Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Michael Angarano, Liu Yifei, Li Bingbing and Collin Chou. With the exception of Michael Angarano, these are all major headliner Chinese drama/martial arts/action film actors. Yuen W! oo-ping is a wold-renowned martial arts actor and action film choreographer. The story is a Chinese Wuxia genre. The characters they portray are all traditional Chinese novel, Beijing Opera and Chinese film characters including: Zui Quan (Drunken Fist) Kung-Fu Master, Sun Wukong (Monkey King), Xuanzang (English: Tripitaka), Golden Swallow (Golden Sparrow), Ni-Chang (White Witch).
