Saturday, September 13, 2008

The Myth (2005)

Yes, he does make that face a lot in this one. And yes, that really is 3 Chinese people and an Indian person.

In this unusual wuxia, Jackie Chan lends his kung-fu moron personality to a serious tragic/romantic/historic/action movie. It starts with a reluctant mainland Chinese archaeologist that is having recurring dreams about a Qin dynasty military general. In the dreams, he is the escort to a Korean princess that has been traded to Qin ShiHuang in exchange for peace. (at a time when early states of Korea and China were at war) Somehow this ties into real life and leads Jackie Chan into a supernatural arc with some immortal people. Man, what a twist!
By this time, the princess has turned into something resembling the Moon Goddess, and with great sorrow, realizes that Jackie Chan is not the man she has been waiting for. Destiny forces them to part ways. After returning to the real world, Jackie solemnly writes a book titled "The Myth", which tells the story of the movie that you just saw! WOW PARADOX!!

To understand this without subtitles, you need to know 4 languages: Mandarin, Korean, Cantonese, and Indian. The fuck is that? What if I'm seeing-impaired?
Rating: 40%

2 comments:

Jusl89 said...

If you are seeing-impaired, why would you be listening to an ACTION movie?

Anonymous said...

go dl his old crap
Wheels on Meals, Project A, Project A 2, Polive story 1-5...etc.
When he tries to act the movie fails.