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The Myth (2005)
Directed by Stanley Tong
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When a fellow scientist asks for Jack’s help in locating the mausoleum of China’s first emperor, the past collides violently with the present as Jack discovers his amazing visions are based in fact.
Rated PG-13 | Length 118 minutes
Actors
Jackie Chan | Kim Hee-seon | Tony Leung Ka-Fai | Sun Zhou | Shao Bing | Patrick Tam | Yu Rong-Guang | Ken Lo | Ken Wong | Yuen Tak | Jin Song | Yao Weixing | Choi Min-soo | Yang Jian | Ng Kong | Maggie Lau Sze-Wai | Mallika Sherawat | Leon Head | Hiro Hayama | Chan Sek | He Jun | Park Hyun-Jin | Zhang Jianzhong | Sudhanshu Pandey | Liang Jing-Ke | Cai Gang | Sasidharan Nair Sajith Kumar | Sunil Kumar Kumman | Ram Gopal Bajaj | Govindan Kutty Nair Sathyanarayanan | Karimbil Nidheesh | Kumman Gopakumar | Biju Kumman | Li Xue-Tong | Shi Ziliang | Lian Shuliang | Chen Weiguo | Zhang Yiqun | Qiao Shan | Chen Gangwu
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/15/2023 | TV | DVD | Owned | 6.5 stars |
| (Average) 6.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
It’s always nice to find another Jackie Chan movie I haven’t seen (and there’s still a lot!) but esp. a more recent film like this one, which I’ve owned on DVD for 10+ years. Even when viewing it I thought it was older like a 1990s release based on the story, actors and look/feel (poorly aged digital FX that are even worse knowing this was a 2005 release).
This is almost like a fantastical reimagining of TWIN DRAGONS where we have two Jackie Chan characters but here they are separated by centuries yet they are colluding due to some weird time anomaly or some shit where Jackie hits his head. Not the best of his films, natch, but still amusing for all the action and crazy setpieces and terrible CGI. If this were available on Blu I’d get it. Kim Hee-seon (the princess) is way too beautiful for a crummy DVD PQ release. Also there’s the gorgeous Mallika Sherawat who has a fun action sequence in a glue factory set in India.
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