Alan Tam
Lola Forner
Rosamund Kwan
This is one of the oldies that made us love Jackie Chan with his regular
kung-fu, comedy, and stunts, making everything within reach a weapon. This
Indiana Jones–style movie had Jackie Chan play the Asian Hawk, who hunts for
relics and sells them.
Chan came close to death in this film during a relatively routine stunt,
where he leaped onto a tree from a ledge, but the branch he grabbed snapped,
sending Chan plummeting and cracking his skull.
The movie had cool stunts, as most Jackie Chan movies do, and the
Mitsubishi car used by Chan was so odd and grand to watch. We know very well
that he does all his own stunts, and this movie was full of stunts that will make you raise an eyebrow in astonishment.
Going back to the movie, Armour of God, Jackie was involved in saving
his former girl and now his friend’s girlfriend from kidnappers who want him to
help get the remaining pieces of the Armour of God, so as to have a complete set.
Chan knew the collector who owned the remaining pieces of the Armour of God collection that the kidnappers wanted. So Jackie, his friend, and the collector’s daughter went with the remaining sets of the armour to use as a bargaining chip to save the girl and then steal the complete set of five pieces for the collector.
Chan’s character was a little unrealistic, but after a while you get used to it. Also, the movie was a bit too serious in some aspect, and I felt the pacing was not as tightly shaped as I would have liked. Like in all Chan movies, the scenery is used to its peak, and the movie set a record at its time of release as the highest grossing movie in Hong Kong.
Jackie Chan has kind of dropped lately in his movie profile. Before a Jackie Chan movie comes out, we expect laughs and stunts, but lately there has just been a shadow of what they used to be. His latest, 1911, which holds a 9% approval on Rotten Tomatoes, showed us that Chan is losing his edge.
The Forbidden Kingdom with fellow martial arts star Jet Li was also not much of a success. It showed us what we all desired—to see the two go at it—but other than that, the movie was not much to write home about. It was fun watching the movie all over again and I advise you to try the same.
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