Review of The Medallion (2003) by Ernest H — 06 Jan 2008

The movie seems to try hard to become a movie with a little bit of very film genre but sticks to comedy and action the most. By having all these little bits of other genres in so little amount of time corrupts the overall appearance of the movie.

As a result, the movie fails in the little pieces and even the ending. When Jackie gets pinned by the horn, the villain should do a full on attack! Because he just stands there and lets Jackie kill him, the ending becomes an extremely lame ending that can make the movie lose alot of marks.

Fortunately, the cast especially Lee Evans does a very entertaining performance. Claire Forlani indicates that she can to pretend fight really well. But above all else, Sammo Hung as the choreographer does the best job, minus the ending.

Every fight except the last have the good'ol Hong Kong style that I have grown to love. Sammo even manages to make Claire look as good as she is in her fights. And Christy Chung does a surprisingly good job in the one fight she participates in.

This is a really good comeback for Jackie after the extremely embarrassing Tuxedo.