I am an avid fan of Jackie Chan and respect him as a person and as an action hero/martial arts actor. However, I still have to admit that Medallion left me confused and unfulfilled.
Summary: Eddy Yang is a Hong Kong police officer that is teamed up with 2 Interpol officers, Nicole James and Arthur Watson, in Dublin, to rescue a kidnapped boy. During the rescue, Eddie dies and the boy uses the supernatural powers of the medallion he holds to reincarnate Eddie. After this, Eddie has supernatural healing ability, strength and speed. Meanwhile, a villain named Snakehead (the one who had the boy kidnapped) is trying to get the immortal power of the medallion. All this leads to a confrontation between Eddie and Snakehead.
Oh, where to begin. The pacing of this movie was way off. Frequently scenes seemed out of place or as if you had missed something. The dialogue was rather poor and frequently the interaction between characters was really, really forced. Occasionally throughout the movie, my friend would turn to me (or I to him) and ask, "Um, did I miss something?"
The plot is nothing new and has been done before. The Medallion is a fusion between The Golden Child and Bulletproof Monk.
However, I am still hesitant to give the more a horrible rating because, although the movie was frequently incoherent, cheesy and had poor dialogue, there were some honest-to-goodness really good scenes. For example, there is a scene when Eddie first discovers his invulnerability and has Watson stab him with a knife to prove it. After the first thrust did not injure Eddie, Watson repeatedly stabbed Eddie much to his chagrin. The scene was well played out and was hilarious! There were other good scenes too. The pace of the movie went rather like, "This is dumb." "Oh, this is good!" "This is stupid!" "Wow! This is a cool scene!" and so on.
So, here is my final result. The movie was rather disappointing overall, but did have some genuine good scenes. Also, Jackie Chan is always a pleasure to see doing his "Jackie Chan" role with his style of fighting and acrobatic (even if most of it was 'enhanced' in this movie). I give the movie 4 out of 10.
Summary: Eddy Yang is a Hong Kong police officer that is teamed up with 2 Interpol officers, Nicole James and Arthur Watson, in Dublin, to rescue a kidnapped boy. During the rescue, Eddie dies and the boy uses the supernatural powers of the medallion he holds to reincarnate Eddie. After this, Eddie has supernatural healing ability, strength and speed. Meanwhile, a villain named Snakehead (the one who had the boy kidnapped) is trying to get the immortal power of the medallion. All this leads to a confrontation between Eddie and Snakehead.
Oh, where to begin. The pacing of this movie was way off. Frequently scenes seemed out of place or as if you had missed something. The dialogue was rather poor and frequently the interaction between characters was really, really forced. Occasionally throughout the movie, my friend would turn to me (or I to him) and ask, "Um, did I miss something?"
The plot is nothing new and has been done before. The Medallion is a fusion between The Golden Child and Bulletproof Monk.
However, I am still hesitant to give the more a horrible rating because, although the movie was frequently incoherent, cheesy and had poor dialogue, there were some honest-to-goodness really good scenes. For example, there is a scene when Eddie first discovers his invulnerability and has Watson stab him with a knife to prove it. After the first thrust did not injure Eddie, Watson repeatedly stabbed Eddie much to his chagrin. The scene was well played out and was hilarious! There were other good scenes too. The pace of the movie went rather like, "This is dumb." "Oh, this is good!" "This is stupid!" "Wow! This is a cool scene!" and so on.
So, here is my final result. The movie was rather disappointing overall, but did have some genuine good scenes. Also, Jackie Chan is always a pleasure to see doing his "Jackie Chan" role with his style of fighting and acrobatic (even if most of it was 'enhanced' in this movie). I give the movie 4 out of 10.