Chuan shuo

Like said in review title it doesn't come anywhere close to the quality of the production or the story of Myth. But if you can sit through the middle portion, you can enjoy the start and the end.

Viewers should note though that this movie is primarily targeted towards the Chinese audience. And likely as another project to promote protection of cultural heritage among the youth through attractive media.

Story was the weakest link.

Main problem with the story was that their was no proper connection between the modern world story and historical story. Which meant there would not be any consequences from actions in modern story or historical story that had an impact on the other.

You would notice the opposite in the myth, where we are invested in both narratives of the story.

It was bad given what they could have done with the material available based on the historical scenario used for the basis of the historical part of the story.

The music was OK. Nothing memorable beside the myth OST.

Easter eggs from the myth and Kung Fu Yoga were great. But wish they ended this with a proper conclusion to the myth storyline. Maybe something like those 2 characters walking away togather or something like that.

Finally, felt like there wasn't enough effort put into convincing the audience that the general from past is Jackie from current time. That also had a detrimental effect on the story.

To conclude if you enjoyed the myth and Kung Fu Yoga, you can watch this movie and be happy with it. Not joyful or sentimental, but happy and nostalgic.

I was Grew up in Jackie chan era, A lot of movie from Jackie chan I saw it.

But his one is the worst storyline, the worst movie of Jackie chan for all time.

The storyline was boring, the past and the present didnt connect to much.

Less action, to much unnecessary talk, watching this movie just like a group of your friend doing a Theaterical class..

I saw a lot of people sleeping in cinema watching this movie, and they left the cinema silently.. Its mean the movie was confusing for viewers.. Worst movie of Jackie chan for all time.. Really really upset watching this movie.. Its not Jackie..

This movie shouldn't use soundtrack from "The Myth (2005)" which is real legend movie.... I fell asleep watching this 2024 legend movie. Jackie Chan is my Childhood favourite action actor but the other actors in this movie are not playing their roles properly. Jackie Chan's1900's and early 2000 movies are way more better. I feel sorry Jackie Chan getting older. If he's still young, he'd probably choose better new actors who could perform as nearly as Jackie did. Some action and face reaction are not alive and realistic. I hope Jackie Chan can find characters who could act the scene like it's really happening and give performance from heart and soul.

Set during the Han dynasty era, general Zhao Zhan (Jackie Chan) and his friend Huajun (Lay Zhang) save Princess Mengyun (Gülnezer Bextiyar) from a ruthless Prince Hu Duna (Aarif Rahman). Zhao Zhan and Huajun fall in love with Princess Mengyun. In the present world, archeologist Professor Fang (Jackie Chan) starts dreaming about Han dynasty era, particularly his past self and soon his student Wang Jing too starts to have the same dream. With these lives interconnected across eras, it is upto Fang to find the proper closure to all these characters spread across two different timelines.

Stanley Tong has tried to milk the sequel factor to The Myth but sadly, A Legend simply doesn't have anything going in it's favor. The Myth had it's entertaining moments, merging two different timelines in a better way. This is exactly where A Legend fails as there is no sync between Han dynasty era and modern times segment nor does the love story from the flashback work. Worse, the flashback takes majority of the screen time with a de-aged Jackie Chan and it only ends up dragging the story. The usual Jackie Chan fun elements are nearly non-existant till the climax fight which by then is way too late. The screenplay is dated and tries hard to recreate the same template of The Myth. In that attempt, the film fails to entertain and the decision to fill in majority of the film with the flashback was a blunder.

Watching any form of modern Jackie Chan film comes with its fair share of challenges but A Legend hits a new low for the ageing martial arts star, in this so-called legacy sequel to The Myth. Sure, the film is lavishly produced, with plenty of sweeping landscapes, and suitably epic set pieces, however, it commits the cardinal sin of being unmistakenly boring and a slog to sit through thanks to some abysmally erratic pacing. The film tries to cram in way too much for its runtime and feels like two distinctly different movies crowbarred together, it's rather sad since I know Stanley Tong has been capable of so much better. The elephant in the room is of course the horrific de-ageing job done to Jackie Chan during the scenes set during the Han Dynasty, it looks like someone just got a picture of his face and slapped it on the body of a younger actor, it can be genuinely disturbing at times. If you're expecting Jackie to throw a few moves, then you'll have to wait till the last act before he finally gets down to business. Although it sadly stands as a consolation prize and comes too little too late. I will say however, I did like Nathan Wang's musical score despite the very cheesy and stereotypical soundscape. There's a noticeable lack of adventure in A Legend, it falters with a largely self-serious tale of action fantasy and a central romance that feels more cringey than it does profound. I highly doubt Panda Plan is gonna be much better.