Reviews
Chuan shuo (2024)
You don't come to see a Jackie Chan movie expecting an Oscar worthy masterpiece.
Even the first movie "the myth" was not critics' favourite. This one has however has so many improvements because of the 19 years worth of technical developments. The cinematography and fight scenes are spectacular. You will feel like you are watching old school Wuxia dramas since this movie has more flash back ancient scenes than the modern ones unlike the myth. May be Jackie Chan is too old to do so many fight scenes in his modern form. That's where the uncanny CGI young face of him comes in. It completely can't show any emotions at all. It's like a slap in the face towards Jackie's acting ability. Overall, if you can neglect his funny face and especially if you are a fan of crazy ancient battle scenes, you will enjoy it like I did. A little problem is that It felt like I am watching two movies at the same time between flash back story and modern story especially also because the movie is 2:09 hours long. So when the long flash back scenes are over, you are exhausted to continue watching the modern era final scene although we got to see the classic Jackie's comedic fight scenes in the end.