This was a bit of a disappointment to me, even if it was Stanley Tong's return to directing Jackie Chan after a dozen years. Mr. Chan has become an international star, and so his producers can afford to spend a lot of money on production values, such as flying the cast to Iceland for location shooting, and wrecking Lamborghinis in the Emirate States; Mr. Chan is also slightly older than I am, so he cannot do the amazing, funny, real life stunts that made his movies such a treat. Oh, he does more than in his American flicks, but the fast pace of cutting, shooting his character from behind and some very obvious undercranking, as well as watching his younger cast do the stuff he used to, saddens me.
Anyway, the production values and Mr. Chan as a clothes horse make this a watchable movie, as China's Greatest Archaeologist, Professor Chan, is caught up in a hunt for treasure/artifacts from fifteen hundred years ago, involving Indian ranis and a huge pink diamond. There is a funny comic sequence in which the good guys wander through a market where fakirs are performing, and various members of the cast do Jackie-style gags with cobras and the Indian Rope Trick. Not Jackie so much, alas.
Anyway, the production values and Mr. Chan as a clothes horse make this a watchable movie, as China's Greatest Archaeologist, Professor Chan, is caught up in a hunt for treasure/artifacts from fifteen hundred years ago, involving Indian ranis and a huge pink diamond. There is a funny comic sequence in which the good guys wander through a market where fakirs are performing, and various members of the cast do Jackie-style gags with cobras and the Indian Rope Trick. Not Jackie so much, alas.