The Medallion
Fei long zai sheng
Directed by:
Gordon ChanCinematography:
Arthur WongComposer:
Adrian LeeCast:
Jackie Chan, Lee Evans, Claire Forlani, Julian Sands, Christy Chung, John Rhys-Davies, Anthony Wong, Nicholas Tse, Edison Chen, Scott Adkins, Neilí Conroy (more)Plots(1)
Chan plays Eddie Yang, a Hong Kong cop who is working with Interpol officer Arthur Watson (Lee Evans) in order to protect a gifted young child. Aware that the child holds a centuries-old medallion that could give him limitless powers, Snakehead (Julian Sands) and his band of criminals kidnap the child and head for Dublin. It isn't long before Eddie arrives in Ireland where he is teamed up with beautiful Interpol officer Nicole James (Claire Forlani), who also happens to be a former flame. Together Eddie, Nicole, and the bumbling Watson manage to track down the child, but after an accident in which Eddie appears to have died, it's up to the gifted boy to put the trusty medallion to work and resuscitate him. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Reviews (2)
Jackie is completely devoid of ideas with the "support" of boring direction, TV CGI effects and a non-existent script. All this in combination with Lee Evans, the alleged "comedian", whose "humour" will keep me awake from my dreams for the rest of my life. I’m really sorry for Chan, he doesn’t need stuff like this.
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Really bad. I get the idea with making Jackie into a superhero, but it needed to be done in style. Not just filming him running around blurred and having him jump from tree to tree. A bit of screenwriting or a director might have made this better. And what was that jerk from Interpol all about and why does Claire Forlani behave so weirdly? Huh. Never again.
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