An average movie

With Jackie Chan, I always keep trying to watch his movies but, honestly, it has become a rather thankless task. By now, I have seen pretty much all his US productions (I think I’m only missing ‘The Tuxedo’) and except for the ‘Shanghai Noon’ franchise which was not bad, those movies were pretty much worthless. So, since it was, this time, a Hong-Kong feature, apparently with Jackie Chan's Hollywood breakthrough performance, I hoped I would enjoy it more than the rest but, to be honest, I was again rather disappointed. Sure, there were some insane stunts, some pretty cool fights, but the rest was just cringe-inducing. It seems that the general agreement is that, when watching a movie starring Jackie Chan, you should focus on his artistic work as a stuntman and skilled fighter but those scenes represent only a tiny bit of the running time so what are you supposed to do in the meantime? Wait patiently, grab a sandwich or maybe go to the bathroom? As you can see, I’m not a huge fan of the genre so maybe I should forget it and watch something else entirely. Anyway, to conclude, I didn’t like it much and I don’t think it is really worth a look, except if you love Jackie Chan’s work.

5/10