Jackie Chan Quits...

[mmu1]

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Having actually seen the movie it's less about the "evil Westerners" than it is about a man fighting his own demons and overcoming his own hubris and obsession with being number one.

It'd hardly be the first time advertising makes the movie look like something it's not... but Hero really soured me on Jet Li, so I'll be reading the reviews very carefully on this one.

 

[librarius_arcana]

While Jackie Chan has good reason to retire from the action flicks,

wa?! dude don't let the years throw you, hes still good to go,
Crap I'd miss him if he went,

You..you...you just shut you mouth Rackhir, LoL

 

[Rackhir]

wa?! dude don't let the years throw you, hes still good to go,
Crap I'd miss him if he went,

You..you...you just shut you mouth Rackhir, LoL

"It's not the years Hon. It's the mileage."

I doubt he'll retire from the comedic roles, he can do those for many years to come. So I don't think we'll need to worry about that. Just don't expect him to be sliding down the sides of skyscrapers or faling three stories and smashing through awnings any more.

 

[ShinHakkaider]

Jackie Chans last GREAT movie in IMHO was Drunken Master II.

There have been movies that have had one or two good sequences in them (the rooftop fight at the end of Who Am I?) but for the most part if you've followed his career since the early 80's you can see how the wear and tear has slowed him down quite a bit.

Also his choice of projects has been less than spectacular, particularly his american films, the best of which by far was Shanghai Noon, but even that's not saying alot.

Yeah, it's time for him to retire and do fight cheorography or direct like his buddy Sammo Hong Kam Bo. I'd love to see a Tony Jaa Movie directed by Sammo Hong or Jackie Chan.

 

[Ranger REG]

"It's not the years Hon. It's the mileage."

I doubt he'll retire from the comedic roles, he can do those for many years to come. So I don't think we'll need to worry about that. Just don't expect him to be sliding down the sides of skyscrapers or faling three stories and smashing through awnings any more.

But will Hollywood producers hire him for his acting, despite having put him in mostly bad-to-boring films?

(Yep, not only do Americans know how to bastardize imported entertainment like anime, they know how to derail imported actors. Hollywood is bad ju-ju medicine.)

 

[librarius_arcana]

But will Hollywood producers hire him for his acting, despite having put him in mostly bad-to-boring films?

(Yep, not only do Americans know how to bastardize imported entertainment like anime, they know how to derail imported actors. Hollywood is bad ju-ju medicine.)

Hey I liked the Rush Hours, but true 80 days etc did suck ass,

Not all bad though,

 

[takyris]

I liked Rush Hour. It didn't set the bar high, but it nailed what it wanted to nail -- a basic buddy cop movie that happened to star two non-white guys, which is actually pretty cool.

What drove stakes of pain through my eyes was "The Tuxedo", and what lit those stakes on fire was "The Medallion". I like Jackie Chan being Jackie Chan. There are many other people I'd rather watch do wire-fu or bluescreen acting.

("Tuxedo" hurt so badly because it held such promise. Okay, wire-fu, but wow, the concept that the secret agent really IS nothing but the suit? Wow, that's a neat little subversive kick on... wait, what the heck is Jennifer Love Hewitt doing here? Why is she shouting, "Front Attack One, Go!" and then suddenly doing leg sweeps and shouting, "Hey, I'm pretty good!" for no reason? Why is she watching Jackie drop to what appears to be his death and agonizing over the RING that got pulled from her finger instead?

"Medallion" was ten pounds of bad in a five-pound bag, but at least it had Claire Forlani. I have no idea if she can act, but she didn't actively attempt to destroy the entire premise of the movie.)

 

[librarius_arcana]

Tuxedo and The Medallion? you might as well mention Around the World in 80 Days, Shanghai Knights, that pretty much covers most of the crappy stuff,

I think most of this came from bad advice,

 

[trancejeremy]

Jackie Chan is in his mid-late 50s. He's too old to do anything but light action/wire work movies these days.

Jet Li can probably still do them, but he's probably upset that most of his US movies have not done all that well. I mean, that Unleashed of his was seemingly straight to DVD after the awful "The One" flopped.


And Chow Yun Fat hasn't exactly done well in Hollywood. Considering he was basically the coolest actor from HK, he's only had a few Hollywood roles, and most of them stink. PoTC3 is probably the only one that is good, along with Anna & the King (and that he had to star with Jodie Foster, bleh)

At least he never had to do a movie with Jean-Claude Van Damme.

 

[frankthedm]

I really wish he had chosen something other than yet another "Evil Foriegners out to humiliate and destroy the Noble Chinese" film for his last Martial Arts flick. As China rises in power the constant harping on past slights and insults makes me nervous and I don't plan to go see it for that reason. Which is sad, since I've really enjoyed his non-rapper related films.

I just did not care for how much the trailer makes the movie seem like it focuses on the one guy. But thats movies for you. I had my hopes up since when i first saw this i thought the movie was going to be about The Boxer Rebelion/Uprising.

"The One" was a fine movie. I would love to see a sequel set on the prison planet.