My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising vs The Forbidden Kingdom

My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 6.6/10 for The Forbidden Kingdom). The Forbidden Kingdom is the older of the two (2008 against 2019). Both are action, adventure, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.

My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising posterMy Hero Academia: Heroes Rising2019 VS The Forbidden Kingdom posterThe Forbidden Kingdom2008
My Hero Academia: Heroes RisingThe Forbidden Kingdom
Audience score★ 8.2/10★ 6.6/10
Year20192008
Length1h 44m1h 44m
GenresAction, Adventure, Animation, FantasyAction, Adventure, Fantasy
Country––
DirectorKenji NagasakiRob Minkoff
Main castYuki Kaji, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Yuka Terasaki, Tasuku HatanakaMichael Angarano, Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Li Bingbing, Collin Chou

Synopsis

My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising

Class 1-A visits Nabu Island where they finally get to do some real hero work. The place is so peaceful that it's more like a vacation... until they're attacked by a villain with an unfathomable Quirk! His power is eerily familiar, and it looks like Shigaraki had a hand in the plan. But with All Might retired and citizens' lives on the line, there's no time for questions. Deku and his friends are the next generation of heroes, and they're the…

The Forbidden Kingdom

An American teenager who is obsessed with Hong Kong cinema and kung-fu classics makes an extraordinary discovery in a Chinatown pawnshop: the legendary stick weapon of the Chinese sage and warrior, the Monkey King. With the lost relic in hand, the teenager unexpectedly finds himself travelling back to ancient China to join a crew of warriors from martial arts lore on a dangerous quest to free the imprisoned Monkey King.

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