Review of The Golden Child (1986) by Kai82 — 31 Dec 2022
The movie is regarded as Eddie Murphys early failure or at least weaker performance by many. However while it will not end on my favorite movie list I liked the movie. To be honest it has some weak scenes, lengths and a weaker performance by Eddie Murphy compared to “Beverly Hills Cop” or “Coming to America”.
This means not that it is garbage. It is just weaker but still enjoyable The story starts in a remote monastery in Tibet where a mysterious child showed incredible abilities. The monastery is shortly after attacked by a group lead by a strange man named Sardo Numspa who captures the child.
Meanwhile in the USA the social worker Chandler who is specialized in finding missing children is contacted to find a child. I stop here to avoid spoilers. The movie is a fantasy adventure comedy. It is mostly entertaining and worked out for me.
Again I have to say it is not amazing or awesome (just good). The actors are fine. Eddie Murphy is still entertaining even if he is a bit weaker. Victor Wong and Charlotte Lewis were remarkably good and I have to praise Charles Dance performance as bad guy Sardo Numsa.
The humor is fine and kept me entertained. Compared to modern spoof movies it is pure gold but compared to better movies it is weaker (Hard to rate or describe). The special effects aged a bit but worked back then.
Cant be hold against the movie to be fair. Overall I think it is better than people give credit. Not a masterpiece but worth watching. I give a 7/10.
This review of The Golden Child (1986) was written by Kai82 on 31 Dec 2022.
The Golden Child has generally received mixed reviews.
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