Original subtitles

What's going on, Hop?

You back again?

Oh, sick!

Find good one?

Yeah, Ten Tigers of Kwangtung.

This is gold.

Bride With White Hair.

Chinese, no subtitles.

Hey, Hop, do you have any early Shaw Brothers?

There's a guy who does Leopard style ...

Leopard style, Dragon style ...

fly through air, fight on water.

Crouching Tiger, Spanking' Monkey.

I know you.

Another white boy who wants to know kung-fu.

Kick the ass.

Get the girls.



Only storage back here.

Where did you get this?

It was here ...

when my grandfather opened this shop ...

hundred years ago.

He waited for a man to come to pick it up ...

return to rightful owner.

Man never came.

My father take over the shop.

Waited, too. Long time.

Now me.

That's a Northern Temple-style bo staff.

Same kind the thirteen monks used to save the Tang Emperor.

I've seen it before.

That exact one.

I've had dreams about it.

You know why?

You watch too much Hong Kong Phooey.

Come.

Come on.

I give you five awesome Bruce Lee movie ...

for very sick price.

You're the man, Hop.

Jason!



Hey. What's up?

Not much. Just, you know, cruisin'.

You been down to Chinatown.

What's up with that#

Kung-fu.

Are you serious?

I'm not supposed to tallTabout it ...

not under the kung-fu code.

Hey, look. The new kid's makin’ time with the hoodsies.

J-boy, you still riding this loser cruiser?

You need to get a motor for this shit.

What we got here?

Just some bootlegs, no big deal.

"Enter the Dragon"?

"The Bride With White Hair"?

Yeah, that's actually very good.

Come on, let him qo.

Yeah, don't. He knows kung-fu.

What?

You think you're Chinese?

You hangin' out with them Chinks in C-town?

What's up with you? Let's see some, man.

Come on.

Let's see some kung-fu, huh?

Kung-fu master.

Want some tae kwon do, huh?

Yo, Lupo.

He's hangin' out with that old Chink cashes checks.

You in tight with the old man?

Just shut up and do it!

It's late, man. He's probably gone home.

He's not here. Let's just go.

Who's there?

Kung-fu boy.

You back for more good-price movie?

I told you, best deal in Chinatown.

Come in.

Want some tea?

Red Sox game is on.

Yankees winning. Very bad.

Who's with you?

Friend?

Where you keep the cash?

I said where do you keep the cash?

-Please ... -Come on, old man

Stay here!



Found your Xbox.

00^



Hop!

Jesus, Lupo

-What the hell, man? -You shot him!

Take it.

Must return to rightful owner.

Run.

You didn't see that, yo.

You didn't see that

Come here, you little shit!

Lupo, come on, man! Just don't ...

-You didn't see nothing! -Calm down, Lupo.

Hey, chill, man. Come on.

-Put the gun down. -Shut up!

Maybe I pulled the trigger but we're all in this together!

But this little cockroach, he ain't one of us!



Excuse me.

Ndon't know where I am.

I don't know how I got here.

I remember falling.







* ^ ^* ^^ V** ^ ^*

What? This7

You want this?

I don't know what you're saying.

I can't understand you



That's because you're not listening

Behind you

^> O O



I don't know where I am

or how I qot here ..

and who those guys were that wanted to kill me.

But whatever you did back there was sick.

No. Drunken Fist.

Secret kung-fu of the South.

I'm Lu Yan, traveling scholar.



What land do you come from, monk?

'm not a monk.

I'm Jason.

Jason Tripitikas, from South Boston.



Is this a dream?

No.

Where you came from is the dream

through the Gate of No Gate.

Is that like a wormhole or something?

• jaisew uaz e jaipia aje noA sueaiu ]| on

or you carry something very special.

This?

It. was in a pawn shop, waiting for a man to pick it up ...

and return it to its rightful owner.

What?

It's long been foretold ...

that a seeker will come

to return the staff and end the reign of the Jade Warlord.

Return the staff to who?

The Monkey King.

Born of a stone ...

on the mountain of fruit and flowers.

Witt his weapon in hand, ,hi's4hi.became J ike fine

his stick fighting'like magic.

He defied the o/der of the land

but'the Jade Army could not defeat Rim.



The Monkey^King crushed every soldier sent to stop him.

The Monkey King crushed eyery soldier scnt'to stog him.

With his magical staff, he w,as unbeatable;

Word of his disobedience ...

traveled deep within the Forbidden Kingdom ...

to the Five Element'S Mountain land of the immortals.

©nee every 500 years ...

the Jade Emperor hosts the Peach Banquet.

It is here, t’he heavenly ministers gather ...

to celebrate th’eir longevity ...

and drink the elixir of immortality'.

One sip of this heavenly brew will give everlasting life .

free from mortal suffering and desire.

Into the banquet, the Monkey King crashed, uninvited.

ThefJadeJEm^nror was - r en&hanted by theWonkey King.

The Jade Emperor was enchanted by the Monkey King.

But the Jade Warlord was not amused.

As master of the army ...

the Warlord demanded the'Monkey King bow down to him.



He's a bit unrefined, th a Us all.

Give tho naughty monkey .a title ancHlet him go.

'Satisfied all was well in heaven and earth ..

the supremely high Emperor ...

left to begin his 500 years meditation

leaving the Jade Warlord in charge by mandate of heaven.

But rather than obey the Jade Emperor's command

tfietWa'rlord challenged the Monkey King to a duel.

High atop Five Elements Mountain in the Warlord's palace ...

the battle of immortals was fought ...

to prove once and for all whose skills were supreme





o-o i A>JL< > • ^1® */w>—*r:o-”?* > e



@070

*







Most excellent stick fighting, Sun Wukong.

But without your weapon, you're nothing but a.lowly henmit!

No more weapons, no more chi-magic.

Fist- again statist.

Fist against fist.



The Monkey King was too trusting

and believed the Warlord's words

laying down his magic weapon.



Realizing he'd been tricked, the Monkey King cast the staff ...

out into the Middle Kingdom.

Martial art is based on deception ...

my friend.

Being immortal, the Monkey King could not be killed ...

only trapped in stone ...

where he waits for the seeker from the prophesy ...

to return to him his great weapon and finally free him.

That's what I heard, anyway.

Long time ago.

How long has he been imprisoned?

Five hundred years, give or take a few decades.

They say when the Monkey King is free ...

the Jade Emperor will return.

How do I get home?

You must return the staff to Five Elements Mountain.

You must free the Monkey King.

I can't free the Monkey King.

I gotta got home.

Innkeeper! More wine.

Jeez, don’t you think you've had one too many?



Wine is my inspiration.

In some parts, I am known as the Poet.

Gambei.

In other parts, I am known as the Beggar.



gsO

Ml



What do we do now?

How good is your kung-fu?

He who speaks does not know.

He who knows does not speak.

Surely, you are masterful.

Where did you get that weapon?

It's a fake.

You can find anything these days on the Silk Road.

Out of way, old fool.

Hand it over.

Hand over the weapon ... or die.





:'. ’•- a-' • /•”• Hj * ’« 8-



Lu, help!

Protect yourself!

What?

Let’s go



Where are you going?

-Jump! -I don't think so

Don't think! Just do



«r E* &

Come on

Thank you



Such skills, child!

Are you from northern mountains?

She is Golden Sparrow, from the south.



/m

You really saved our lives back there.

I don't know what we would have done

if you hadn't come along.

She does not think The Drunken Immortal needed his life saved.

You're immortal?

What do you run from, child?

Bounty hunters trying to stop her ...

from reaching the Five Elements Mountain.

I suggest you keep riding west ...

and only stop to water your horses.

You're n’ot coming?

The journey to Five Elements Mountain

crosses barrens and deserts.

Unspeakable dangers.

Worst of all, no wine.

His elixir.

Every immortal has one.

I'm very sorry. Without wine, I would perish.

You must understand this.

No. You must understand this.

This is insane

-You wish to get home? -Yes.

Then listen well!

If you die here ...

you'll be found dead in the world you left behind.

Do you understand?

My jug is getting low.

I must say goodbye. Bye-bye.





Wait!

Let him go.

You are the one to return the staff, not him.

How good is your kung-fu?

He's got no kung-fu.

None

Lu, wait!

Teach me.

Teach me to fight!

Syving soft, cut hard!

At the same time

He's terrible.

He’s terrible.

I've..been your weed-whacker for two days now

while you sit on your horse like the King of England.

When are you gonna teach me kung-fu?

-You want to learn kung-fu? -Yeah.

I teach you kung-fu.

That's called strike.

Tomorrow, I'll teach you block.

Let's go.

Swing soft, cut hard.



You think you'll teach me the No Shadow Kick?

And the Buddha Palm Technique?

There's a guy in Virtual Fighter 2 ...

that does the Buddha Palm technique.

Thanks, Lu.

And he does the

the Iron Elbow ...

and he does the One-Fingered Death Touch.

The cup's full.

Stop! It's full.

Exactly.

How can you fill your cup if already full?

How can you learn kung-fu?

You already know so much.

No Shadow Kick, Buddha Palm

Empty your cup.



Hopeless.

It is hopeless.



It is said that music

is a bridge between earth and heaven.

It's beautiful.

It belonged to her mother.



My Lord.

How dare you... can't you see I am busy?

The divine staff of legend...

It was seen in the Middle Kingdom...

mpossible.

The villagers are beginning to whisper of prophecy—



al are always whispering of prophecy.

It's their opium.

' --what othej\offehding news do you have for me?

-that is all, My Lord.

*1 ^ Summo/xthe Witch/.. ,f/|

The one born of wol\^ .





J^JU^J^^- ’





Lu Yan?

Sparrow



■^ i

Are you all right?

ason what happened?

He took it! The staff!

The Jade Warlord has sent a bounty hunter.

We are doomed.

o -. £/. *

1 \



That's his horse.

He must be inside.

Why would he take refuge in a temple?

That's what I intend to find out.

Wait with the horses.

Good to get off my feet.

Long day.

So, where are you from?

Shandong Province?



You look like the Shandong Province type.

You come here often?

That staff doesn't belong to you.

You have to give it to me, or somebody might get hurt.



What kind of monk are you?

Stealing from travelers.

A silent one, I see.

Or deaf.

I'm speaking to you, monk!

Praying Mantis.

Very good ...

for catching bugs.

But not tiger!

6 ■ a.|b^ o



You tried to steal the staff for the Warlord!

No, fool



I'm on a mission to find the seeker.of the staff.

&

You found him.

He's not even Chinese.

He's no^even Chinese. We are all the same inside, aren't we Monk?

Heaven help us.

What, you find it a sin?

What, you find it a sin? Yes, it is sinful n

Cheers!









*

How long have you been searching for the staff?

As long as I can remember.



An old man and boy. They took tea here. Yes?

A Soldier Monk rides with them. Who else?

I do not know who you speak of...

Men are such liars.



Sparrow..

Sparrow.-..

...where do you nest?





Jason, go'dee pt? r!

'^Ml^ oi^'-T’ o’- o. ^ ^.z^ii.

Horse stance. Grow roots.

Horse stance.

Very good ... for taking a dump.

Enough fnogi^ygu

Heis my student, not yours!

Two tigers cannot live on the same mountain.

Two masters cannot teach the same student!

If he is really to learn the kung-fu

he must develop speed, accuracy, and power.

Hey! II kjjiow; t-hat.

It's the Way of the Intercepting Fist.

Bruce Lee?

Bnuce Lee?'

I will punch.

You block.

Ready?



What did I teach you about the Snake?

No.w you punch me.



See?

Aga’in* You piling him again.

Snake!

He's not ready for §rpake.-.

Perhaps Baltic?.-

Crane! Crane!

Stop!

I've had enough!

No more

No more silent riddles

And no more empty cups!

First, you show respect to your teachers!

Sb; what about the two tigers on one mountain?

V^e can kill each other when it's over.



Kung-fu.

Hard work over time to accomplish skill.

A painter can have kung-fu.

Or the butcher who cuts meat every day with such skill ...

his knife never touches bone.

Learn the form, but seek the formless.

Hear the soundless.

Learn it all, then forget it all.

Learn The Way, then find your own way.

The musician can have kung-fu ...

or the poet who paints pictures with words ...

and makes emperors weep.

This, too, is kung-fu.

But do not name it, my friend, for it is like water.

Nothing is softer than‘water

yet it can overcome rock.

It does not fight.

It flows around the opponent.

Formless, nameless^

the true master dwells within.

Only you can free him.





Behold the tyranny of the Warlord.

He must be stopped.

He must be killed for his crimes and his head put on a post.

But we must not feel hatred towards him, ,or he wins.



If he speaks of compassion for this devil ...

he should go back to his temple and pray.

Our mission is not one of peace.

Go back to your mother and father.

You are b^t a child.

They are dead.

And she's^not a child.

Not anymore.

Her father

was a government official who opposed the Warlord.

And so, to set an example ...

the Warlord dispatched his troops into the night.



Legion upon legion poured out of the Five Elements Mountain ...

into the lowlands of the Middle Kingdom.

Screams of innocent people hung in the night air.

When it was over, charred ruins were all that remained.

That, and a lonely child, hidden in the well by her mother ...

ruthlessly murdered by an arrow ...

from the Warlord's bow.

When she reaches the Warlord's palace ...



she will not offer him forgiveness ...

monk.

She will offer him ...

this .

a jade dart ...

that can kill an immortal.

Long has she practiced.

Vengeance has a way of rebounding upon oneself;

Master of sensitivity.

It is them.

They’re headed towards the desert.

•hey are between me and the River of Sand.

...summer ing a boy to do 3 man’s job?

a m n -.

This desert is hot.

This is not a desert.

lg^ is the desert!

^^:;-

I hope you know, where you're going

Crazy monk.

A monk on a mission.

And where does he lead us?

Across a desert to nowhere.

We're not going to make it, are we?

And even if we do, we still have to face the Jade Army.

What if I can't handle it?

What if I freeze?

Don't forgot to breathe.

If we don't find water soon, we will perish.

Perhaps a Taoist immontal can make rain.

If he truly is B Taoist immortal.







J ,«.





You are an insult to the name of Buddha!

Blasphemy

Blasphemy!

Look!

I lead you to the mountain

Out there!



b •







Can you see them

in the clouds?

A two-headed lion. < r

Right there.

See?

Yeah, I see.

See that one?

Right there, coming up behind it?

Like a wave?

Looks like the Green Monster.

Green monster?

You mean dragon.

No, I mean Fenway Park.

They call the left field fence the Green Monster.

It's true.

It does kind of look like a dragon, though, doesn't it?

Have you family back in this land you come from?

My mother.

Father?

Never knew him.

Do you ever long for him?

Wonder who he was?

Maybe the only thing I've ever been good at

pretending that I don't.

She is sorry.

How romantic.

Men will tell you what you want to hear, Sparrow.

But in th'e end, tHey will leave you wit^notlning

You survived .the River ofSand

Impressive.

And you, boy

so far from home

I can ensure yoursaTe return.

Justbring _the we a pja n' f o nw a rd

I don't think so.

Why do you want the staff?

When I'deliver the lost weapon

the Jade Warlord shall'gnarpt me the Elixir of lm*mortality.

An orphan girl, a lost traveler

an.old drunk, and a monk who has failed ...

at the same task for half his life..

at bhe same task /for half his life.

Misfits following a misfit-in hopes of rescuing ... a' mjsfit.,



' ' '‘•A.itfc-^

vTC^ * ? - ^J







^

I 4 *

Kill them.







Lu! You okay?

Just thirsty.

It

It's okay. He's immortal, right?

I mean', he is, right?

Wine. He needs his wine

Were is nothing we can do.

There is nothing we can do.

What are you saying?

We have to do something

Wb have to do something

( ^*



I'm afraid the wound is too deep.

He will not survive it.

He needs wine.

He's one of the Eight Immortals.

Wine is his elixir. Please.

We will send a walking monk.

Don't you have a running monk?



When I was your age

I was a scholar-warrior in training.

My arrow was good. So, too, my kung-fu.

So I was chosen to take the civil examinations.

To pass would place me .

in the very short line of scholar immortals.

I failed.

You're not an immortal

If one does not attach himself ...

to people and desires

never shall his heart be broken.

But then

does he ever truly live?

would rather die a mortal

who has cared about someone ...

than a man free

from his own death.

I don't want to lose you.

Forget about me.

There is only one Elixir of Immortality.

It IS the Emperor's mix of jade ...

cinnabar, and salts of mercury.

It is forever stored in the realm of the Jade Palace

high in the Jade Firmament, rarely touched by mortals.

To reach it, one must take the north road ...

and cross the border of heaven and earth ...

only to face the Jade Army.

I'm sorry.

There is no other way.

Yes, there is.



In two nights, there should be no moon.

We can take the south side of the fourth peak ...

under cover of darkness.

-We have to go now. No1

But he's going to die!

We go now, we all die.

There is more at stake, an entire kingdom.

Your passage home.

We will advance in two nights* when the moon has ceased.

So be it!

When she met you

long ago in a tea house ...

you were a lost boy and frightened.

Not the kind she would stand and fight with.









You've made a most excellent judgment.

The seeker from the prophecy.

Not quite what I expected.

A man is dying back on Song Mountain.

I need the Elixir.

/v-'*' .Uf ; •

And why should I give it to you?

Because I brought you the staff.

The life of your friend for the power to rule a kingdom?

A most reasonable offer.

This man, a good friend?

And a good teacher.

the man who honors his^teacher honors himself.

* b-^ >. •> .'••-'• - ?''^’i-

However, there is a bit of a problem with your request.

You see .

I've promised the Elixir to someone else.

But she didn't bring you the staff.

I did

I did.

The boy has a point.



My Liege, you made a promise.

There is but one way to resolve such matters.

A martial challenge ... to the death.

With pleasure.



The Elixir of Immortality.

The prize goes to the winner.



'^ -t**,

^ '/W*^*3" •*-• ^^ ~^



Enough!

The seeker from the prophecy.

I find that quite amusing.

Did you really think, even for a minute, you stood a chance?

I didn't think so.

0

She will kill you, witch

Not if I kill you first, orphan bitch!





Gambei.

Remember what I taught you



The statue

Use the staff

* £ &&





I> o a 0





My turn



4*P



* AS^(f^‘> i '



My Lord.

Who are you?

The youngest daughter of a family you murdered.

Come dnhkwith me.



No!

Sparrow

Come on.

Come on. You're going to be okay.



Jade Warlord

He's dead.







o o ^



I thank you.



^»-»

Q'

Is there anything you can do?

H?r dest-iny was written b?y^er.,own hand*

I am.;S0Trty.



Traveler ...

you have come^far, through the Gate of No Gate ...

to fulfil I the prophecy of the mortals.

What do youldesire, please?

I just want to go home.

I just want to go/home.

Very well.

It is said master and student ...

walk the path side-by-side.

They share their destiny until their paths go separate ways.

I'll never forget you.

I guess that's what being immortaI truly means.

You freed me, traveler.

Now go free yourself.



^' ^





So what's it gonna be?

You gonna shut up?

Listen, pissant!

I ain't gonna ask you again

Come on, maggot, get up Come on!

You want some more?

Come on.







We don't have to do this.



Take it easy, sir.

You're gonna be fine.

Hop! Hop

How's he doin'

It missed his heart. He'll live.

Of course I'll live.

I'm immortal

Did you return the staff to rightful owner?

I did

You're the man.

Is he gonna be all right?

Looks like it.

I saw what happened.

I work across the street.

You were very brave.

See ya.

Absolutely.

h\.y ,. .^ n /.. • 5

And so the legend is told

that the Monkey King began his journey west

in search of truth

while the traveler-returned to his world

to walk the path of the warrior and find his own truth.

As one tale ends ...

so another begins.