Review: This is yet another comedic film from Jackie Chan which sees him playing a Indiana Jones type role, in this, wannabe, action adventure. The storyline and acting seemed extremely amateur but the action scenes were half decent. In this film, Jackie Chan plays Condor, whose hired by government officials, to find some buried gold in the middle of the North African desert. With the help of a historian and a lady who is the granddaughter of a man that went missing whilst looking for the hidden treasure, Condor heads off to the desert whilst fighting off various hit men who want the map and key to the door behind the gold. Sounds exciting but it wasn't that great. It would have been an epic adventure if Jackie Chan took out the silly jokes because the concept wasn't bad. The whole look of the film was pretty bad as well, because it looked like they used a cheap camera with dodgy effects. Also, the two ladies that were helping Chan to find the treasure, we're really annoying and there constant screaming and bickering became extremely annoying. On the plus side, the action was quite good and it did amaze me how Chan done some of the stunts but it wasn't enough to save the movie. At the time of its release, I did find the whole Armor Of God franchise brilliant but I lost interest whilst watching it the second time around. Like a lot of Jackie Chan's movies, I'm still not getting the humour but the action is making them watchable. Anyway, most of Chan's earlier work is much better than the movies that he made in the latter part of his career but I can't fault him in the action/stunt department which still looks great in this day and age. Disappointing!
Round-Up: This is another movie directed by Jackie Chan, which must have been hard because he was the star of the film but I can't believe that he also wrote this awful script. For a man whose made over 100 movies, I have only seen a handful which I've actually enjoyed but I still have a lot of his films to watch so things can only get better!
Budget: HK$115,000,000 Worldwide Gross: N/A
I recommend this movie to people who are into their action/adventure/martial arts/comedies starring and directed by Jackie Chan. 3/10
Round-Up: This is another movie directed by Jackie Chan, which must have been hard because he was the star of the film but I can't believe that he also wrote this awful script. For a man whose made over 100 movies, I have only seen a handful which I've actually enjoyed but I still have a lot of his films to watch so things can only get better!
Budget: HK$115,000,000 Worldwide Gross: N/A
I recommend this movie to people who are into their action/adventure/martial arts/comedies starring and directed by Jackie Chan. 3/10