TheSocialInspector
December 26th, 2012, 10:51 AM
Chinese Zodiac has recently entered the cinemas as another of Jackie Chan's blockbusters, this time coming into a close brush with humor and attempting to thoroughly coat it with the action scenes and jumpy dialogue. The story line is an unadorned tale, painfully used through as an excuse for the action scenes, that as comedic as it is, thus hint at the brief aura of the action films of the film industry through the 1980s. Sophistication is a minor stint in the film, and a majority of the impediment is contributed by cheesy misfortunes that seem to provide an ever-lasting bringing of over used gags and laughter.
Jackie Chan plays the "Asian Hawk" as the film is brought through as a sequel. The story is bare and simple - recover the treasured luxury and scout back as heroes recovering from another accidental pit of dangers. He is accompanied by the massive bulge of actors, consisting of several, each contributing little other than an impending switch through the scenes as the events transpire. Their various cultures are embellished with the consistency of the average Children's Show. The character's backgrounds are only briefly covered, an act that will prove to be a blunder - the importance is ignored, and the gags are desperately crammed into place between the simple lines of dialogue.
The solution and conclusion is a disappointing and simple turn of relation to the plot, and lazily glued together to create, apparently, a happy ending towards our view? I don't think so. The impulsive call to an end only calls for our hunger for more, but not in an expediently good way.
Score - 2.5/5
Jackie Chan plays the "Asian Hawk" as the film is brought through as a sequel. The story is bare and simple - recover the treasured luxury and scout back as heroes recovering from another accidental pit of dangers. He is accompanied by the massive bulge of actors, consisting of several, each contributing little other than an impending switch through the scenes as the events transpire. Their various cultures are embellished with the consistency of the average Children's Show. The character's backgrounds are only briefly covered, an act that will prove to be a blunder - the importance is ignored, and the gags are desperately crammed into place between the simple lines of dialogue.
The solution and conclusion is a disappointing and simple turn of relation to the plot, and lazily glued together to create, apparently, a happy ending towards our view? I don't think so. The impulsive call to an end only calls for our hunger for more, but not in an expediently good way.
Score - 2.5/5