The Medallion

A bad movie made much worse by a truely annoying performance by side-kick Lee Evans.

Only its few good action- and stunt scenes save this from being utterly terrible; the music, the script, and the cinematography are abominable.

The Medallion is a CGI-infested action-comedy whose action contains no stakes and whose comedy is juvenile to the extent that even older children will scoff at it, not laugh with it. It has almost nothing to like. Its characters come straight from the book of clichés, the hero is invincible for much of the film, meaning there is no reason to get excited during the action, and you can't even be too impressed with Jackie Chan, as much of the stunts are aided with CGI or wires.

Right when Jackie starts doing big things, he falters.

Standard issue Jackie Chan entry from the West is reliably, almost mechanically entertaining; if Evans' British buffoon is not quite as snug a fit with Chan as Tucker, Wilson before him, he manages to generate the requisite comic energy with Chan. As usual, notable for some terrific action stunts from Chan; while no-one expects Shakespearian level writing in these, it is a shame the plot becomes far too convoluted (and silly) as the film heads down the home straight. A case of it is what it is.

Jackie Chan just needs to stop.

Evil Americans force Jackie Chan to make a shitty movie in which they try to explain his ability to do martial arts with magic.

More disappointment from Chan. Just stick to his older classics.

How can a director stoop so low? How does Gordon Chan go from Fist of Legend to shit like this?

After an accident with a mysterious locket, Eddie, a Hong Kong cop, suddenly becomes a Highbinder, an immortal warrior with superhuman powers. Together with Officer Nicole, he is determined to unlock the locket's secrets and defeat the evil Highbinders who want it back.

A dull and unfunny mess. Alley watched with NHL playoffs at work

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Just another Jackie Chan action comedy.

Except for a few Chan action scenes, this is a pretty weak movie, just too nonsensical and silly humour.

Very poor attempt to combine "action" with "comedy".

I don't recall much of this movie, but I remember that it wasn't worth the waste of my time.

Horrible. Not even Jackie could save it.

Kind of awful.

Chan?

4/4

I said alot of bad things about The Tuxedo, The Medallion deserves much the same treatment.

crap

Very enjoyable! SPOILER: Many would be surprised at the fact that they get the perfect immortal couple together in the end, but it was made in China where around 65% of people want to be immortal versus the US where only about 30% want to be immortal--isn't that pathetic.

UGH.

The only reason I watch any movie with Jackie Chan is for the kick-assery. This story was dildos...

"Because the filmmakers often have so little to work with, The Medallion comes across as a mix tape of sparring sounds and various visual styles." - Ed Gonzalez

It's a Jackie Chan movie. Not his best

The Medallion

Even Jackie Chan's charm can't make this truly awful film any more bearable, we're almost on the verge of unwatchable. Lee Evans is just Cringe...The outtakes are at least twice as good as the film and even those are bad.

Now, I've seen Jackie Chan in some pretty crappy movies, but he's not allowed to do this by 2003 when he's already a big name! I like Jackie Chan a lot, but this was really bad.

It seems like there might of been a funny British guy in this.

Wow this movie sucked. Seriously, have you seen the "final Battle." It was horrible.

It's just...blah. It could have been funny, but it wasn't. It could have been exciting, but it wasn't. It could have been memorable, but it wasn't.

A movie choke full of stupid, unrealistic and downright ridiculous plot choices. However, in typical Jackie Chan fashion it is full of exciting chases and humorous situations. No chemistry between Jackie Chan and Claire Forlani, and Lee Evans mostly acts like an imbecile. Music was just OK. It was filmed fairly well for the farcical story that it is. Special effects were rather lame. I can't really recommend it, but there were a few nice fight moves and foot chases.

Not the best of Jackie. Looks like he is getting old. Movie plot doesn't do any good to him.

i will never again pay to see a Jackie Chan movie.

I don't enjoy most fantasy films, not because I'm a fantasy guy, but because I truly treasure the fantasy genre, and I find most fantasy films to be an insult to something I love. Anyway, this film just made it by, but I really like it. The fantasy was relatively trite and predictable, but there was a strong un-western twist at the end so I was surprised by that and enjoyed the twist. Further Jackie Chan, as always, just made it fun!

Novel idea in this one but this is clearly not one of Jackie Chan's better films.

stupid movie

Simply awful. Is not watching this movie until the end. A story entirely without foundation.

Jackie Chan with computer graphics...sigh...