Chinese Zodiac—not the typical Jackie
Chan action flick—lacks the hard punch, special effects that we’ve come to
expect from him. The special effects in this film border on comical and could
have been better by a long shot. The film needs realism, but Jackie does use
his environment more for defense than he did in his Skiptrace movie
shot with Johnny Knoxville. He noticeably needs crew and actors to
help him in action scenes. Nevertheless, the film is worth watching at least
once.
Film Poster Courtesy of Wikipedia
Storyline
Asian Hawk (Jackie Chan)
is given the task to recover several lost bronze animal heads linked to the
Chinese Zodiac.
Additional Thanks
Thank you to Director
Jackie Chan for his directing efforts. Thank you to Executive Producers Jackie
Chan, Zhongjun Wang, and Brett Ratner for making the film possible.
Additional characters/cast include: Hospital Doctor (Daniel Wu), Narrator
(voice of Wen Jiang), Lawrence Morgan (Oliver Platt), David’s Wife (Qi Shu),
Katie (Caitlin Dechelle), Vulture (Alaa Safi), Reporter (Peng Lin), Wu Qing
(Bo-lin Chen), Pirate Chief (Ken Lo), Catherine De Sichel (Laura Weissbecker),
Simon (Sang-Woo Kwon), Asian (Stephen Chang), Bonnie (Lanxin Zhang), Pirate
(Tomer Oz), and David (Fan Liao).
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Maybe. It’s not Jackie Chan’s best work.
* Also known as CZ12
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