Directed by:
Renny HarlinComposer:
Kwong-Wing ChanCast:
Jackie Chan, Johnny Knoxville, Bingbing Fan, Eve Torres, Eric Tsang, Richard Ng, Michael Wong, Sara Maria Forsberg, Lanxin Zhang, Jeong-hoon Yeon, Lily Ji (more)VOD (2)
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For years, by-the-book Hong Kong detective Benny Chan has tried to avenge his partner's murder at the hands of a drug lord. When Benny learns that freewheeling American gambler Connor Watts has the evidence he needs, he teams with Connor to get justice. (official distributor synopsis)
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I'll be a bit more generous because Jackie Chan probably can't fully disappoint me. With Johnny Knoxville, he created a classic comedy duo that doesn't really leverage their differences much; they're not groundbreaking in that regard. The action scenes are still good though; here I felt again that Jackie doesn't age.
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It’s not good. Jackie Chan put himself into a position where he is deeply respected in China and thinks that he can get away with anything internationally. The combo with Johnny Knoxville could, under different circumstances, be amazing if it wasn’t shot like a video manual for how to make a bad movie. Apart from the first action scene, the whole movie was absolutely terrible, and I wondered if it was worth watching till the end. Terrible, horrible! Trust me that the B rated action movie The Dukes of Hazzard was on a completely different level than this. And I admit that it’s a pity.
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A debacle that just doesn’t work. The local scenery is fine, but you can watch a documentary to see the natural beauty and traditional dances of China without Knoxville annoying you. The days of Jackie’s best stunts are probably over and he doesn’t show any of his contortionist tricks here. So the action scenes don't offer anything at all. The jokes aren’t funny and the screenplay is too full of clichés. On top of that, it seems that Harlin had a misunderstanding with the composer, because the music doesn’t fit in with any of the scenes.
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Story-wise, it's definitely not a great story, in fact the opposite, I would say. However, thanks to attractive locations, occasional flashes of humor and the likeable central duo of Jackie Chan and Johnny Knoxville, this movie is still watchable. (50%)
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I watched and liked Jackie Chan when his action movies were hot, but then I started to discover Asia (South Korea, Thailand, Hong Kong, Indonesia) and better fighters with better action came along. Jackie has always had action scenes combined with humor and nowadays I don't find that too much to my liking. After the amount of rough, violent and brutal fights I've seen, Jackie's action seems infantile and uninteresting, which goes beyond me. Skiptrace is okay, it makes you smile at times, as for the story and action, I'm not satisfied. Pure average. 50%.
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