Movielogr
Skiptrace (2016)
Directed by Renny Harlin
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Overview
A detective from Hong Kong teams up with an American gambler to battle against a notorious Chinese criminal.
Rated PG-13 | Length 107 minutes
Actors
Jackie Chan | Johnny Knoxville | Fan Bingbing | Eric Tsang | Eve Torres | Winston Chao | Yeon Jung-hoon | Shi Shi | Michael Wong | Dylan Kuo | Zhang Lan-Xin | Na Wei | Charlie Rawes | Mikhail Gorevoy | Sara Forsberg | Jai Day | Richard Ng | Wang Xiaomin | Sabrina Qiu | Johnson Phan | Temur Mamisashvili | Chan Tat-Kwong | Johnny Cheung Wa | Michael Qiang Gao | Helen Suen Wai-Lin
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/21/2017 | Home Theater | Streaming | Video on Demand | 6 stars |
| (Average) 6 stars |
Viewing Notes
I guess it’s just mediocre movies with A-list stars movie week here at the Pringle household. This one is a sub-par Jackie Chan film directed by Renny Harlin. While some of the camera setups and shots are good, Harlin doesn’t seem to know how to effectively film Chan’s kinetic, no-stunt-doubles action scenes. The result is that the camera doesn’t linger and let the action unfold so that we get the full effect of long-take action shots; instead it feels like a C-grade Hollywood film that relies on quick editing, cutaways and multiple takes. That really undercuts the reason for having Chan in the first place.
To my surprise, Knoxville is actually decent in this and mostly delivers on the comic levity and fish-out-of-water role. The on-location scenes in Mongolia and China are beautiful as well.
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