Solemplex
To me, this movie is perfection.
Vashirdfel
Simply A Masterpiece
Freeman
This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.
Justina
The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
adonis98-743-186503
A man searches the world for a set of mystic artifacts - 12 bronze heads of the animals from the Chinese zodiac. To be honest this movie is better than it gets credit for and for the reviews it received. Sure it's kinda cheesy at times but it's an action, adventure, comedy i mean what did you expect to see from it? Jackie Chan might be old but he also still has it and once again he defines himself for what he does and who he is with this movie. It's fun, entertaining and has some good action packed moments that overcomes some flaws it has in it. (7.5/10) (B+)
Michael Ledo
Also known as "Armour of God III." Jackie Chan stars as Martin, aka Asian Hawk in this action comedy. Chan delivers as expected. Heavy action, comedy, and over choreographed fight scenes.Chan is a master thief who uses his ability to steal art work. His latest job is to find and obtain the 12 bronze heads of the Chinese zodiac which were stolen in 1860. The movie has a theme of western civilization plunder and returning the loot.The beginning was great with Chan being a human toboggan during his escape, even if he went faster than physically possible. The scenes lessened from this point as a smart adult action comedy turned into a kids movie by the pirate scene which included one man who reminded me of Johnny Depp.The ending tapered off as the plot became a bit odd with the volcano. Fun popcorn film. Just don't expect too much.Parental Guide: No f-bombs, sex, or nudity. Girl/girl fight.
Leofwine_draca
Chinese Zodiac is the long-delayed third instalment of Jackie Chan's 'Asian Hawk', following on from ARMOUR OF GOD and ARMOUR OF GOD II: OPERATION CONDOR. Having just endured this ridiculous piece of international entertainment, I can only say that I wish they hadn't bothered.In recent years, Jackie has received plenty of criticism for being a mouthpiece for the communist Chinese government. He wrote the script for this thing (as well as fulfilling about 14 other roles) and unsurprisingly the film throughout is full of anti-Western sentiment, particularly from a young and irritating Chinese girl who seems to be included merely to spew out continuous bile about how imperialism robbed China of much of its heritage.Phew. Politics aside, Chinese Zodiac is an incredibly goofy film that lacks both the spirit and heart of Jackie's older movies. It's even a comedown from ROB-B-HOOD, which only came out a decade ago. Everyone loved Jackie in the old days for his energetic fight scenes and incredible stunts, and both are in short supply here. There are a few fun fights towards the climax, but none in the first hour, and the stunts are either wirework assisted or CGI. Not what we wanted to see. The script is diabolical, the acting from the rest of the cast is very poor, and Jackie himself seems to be on autopilot. Incredibly, Chinese Zodiac is a film that makes THE MEDALLION look like a masterwork.
Peter Johnson
I've probably seen at least 80% of Jackie's films, new and old, plenty more than once, but I was really disappointed at this. I watched the English dub (normally I'd prefer to watch the original language, subtitled into English) The script feels like they took every other line out at random, and the plot, such as it is, really suffers because of it. A decent scriptwriter handling the English version could have made all the difference.It's a shame because the production values are high, and the stunts are good (if a little fake in places, due to obvious wire removal shots, which is a shame because that is what I enjoyed most about the old films)
