The Medallion

2003 • 88 minute

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Combining the martial arts prowess of international action superstar Jackie Chan with state-of-the-art special effects, The Medallion is an action comedy co-starring Claire Forlani, Lee Evans and Julian Sands. Chan plays Eddie Yang, a Hong Kong cop who suffers a near fatal accident while investigating a case involving a mysterious medallion. Eddie soon discovers that with the powerful medallion in his possession, he gains incredible speed, strength and skills, taking his martial arts abilities to awe-inspiring heights. Enlisting the help of an old flame, British Interpol agent Nicole James (Forlani), Eddie is determined to learn the secret of the medallion and face down the evil crime lord Snakehead (Sands), who wants to use its awesome powers for his own nefarious plans. (Original TItle - The Medallion) © 2003 Golden Port Productions Limited. All Rights Reserved.

Graderings en resensies

I want to begin this review by saying I'm a big fan of Jackie Chan and own a lot of his films, but this is the only one from my collection that I've given away. To say it's bad does the word "bad" an injustice. Too much reliance on wire-work in action scenes - something Jackie usually doesn't do - takes away the fun aspect of his usual stunts. When we, as viewers, expect the rapid plot development as a link between exciting action sequences, I'm afraid that in this instance I found myself just waiting for the film to end - not really caring about the outcome as long as it was over. If you haven't seen this I'd say don't bother, watch his earlier stuff or, for a more up-to-date fix, "Police Story Lockdown" or "The Foreigner". Hell, I'd even settle for "Around The World In 80 Days". Anything but this.

This film is fantastic.

Go go yup yup :P