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Review
by Kozo: |
This action/comedy from the late eighties teams Jackie
Chan with pop star Alan Tam. Chan is the Asian Hawk,
a modern Indiana Jones-type adventurer (read: grave
robber). He’s called into service to find the Armour
of God, a set of armor that was supposedly used by some
deity. His incentive is the kidnapping and ransoming
of his ex-girlfriend Rosamund Kwan.
However, Alan Tam is Rosamund’s
current flame and Jackie’s ex-partner in their pop group,
The Losers (an in-joke on The Wynners, Alan Tam’s former
pop group with Kenny Bee). With Alan in tow, Jackie
heads to Europe in search of the armor. Then they fight
many people.
First of all, the stunts and
action are terrific, with some incredible set pieces
that are vintage Chan. Sadly, the story/plot is not
so hot, and former Miss Spain Lola Forner is incredibly
wooden even when dubbed into Cantonese. Rosamund Kwan
pretty much does nothing in an extended flower vase
performance. Alan Tam is Alan Tam, which is great for
some people but no so great for others. Overall, this
film works best when Jackie Chan shows his stuff, and
when he does, the film is as entertaining and exhilarating
as they come.
However, when Chan isn't onscreen,
fast forward. What happens between the action sequences
renders the film nearly unwatchable. The filler is crass,
culturally ignorant and frankly mind-numbingly boring.
But the action is tops. (Kozo 1996) |
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