Apparently this made it into the Guiness book of world records, for most takes done for one ... single take. Amazing but also understandable if you watch it. There are so many crazy scenes in here. And as one of the main actors say, many things where not even made secure for the performers. Like no padding on the floor ... not to mention no script at all, but actors being advised what to do, when they arrived on set. Now that makes a lot of "sense", considering how all over the place the movie is.
So while this may not be close to the best Jackie Chan has served us, it does include some amazing fight scenes (this is why you're mostly here for I reckon) and some interesting "sports" scenes. One is close to soccer/football, the other is a pyramid thing, that ... I don't even know what this is about, but hey it looks cool and you can almost feel the pain of anyone hitting the floor ... story is paper thin, but it is about protecting history and so forth. It doesn't actually really matter, as said no script was there to be seen. But Jackie Chan and the others are having quite a lot of fun. The comedy is silly when it ensues, but it gets also silly during some of the fight scenes, even if they are quite brutal at times too. So not what some might consider a classic, but any self respecting fan of Jackie Chan and then some, will actually like what they get served here
So while this may not be close to the best Jackie Chan has served us, it does include some amazing fight scenes (this is why you're mostly here for I reckon) and some interesting "sports" scenes. One is close to soccer/football, the other is a pyramid thing, that ... I don't even know what this is about, but hey it looks cool and you can almost feel the pain of anyone hitting the floor ... story is paper thin, but it is about protecting history and so forth. It doesn't actually really matter, as said no script was there to be seen. But Jackie Chan and the others are having quite a lot of fun. The comedy is silly when it ensues, but it gets also silly during some of the fight scenes, even if they are quite brutal at times too. So not what some might consider a classic, but any self respecting fan of Jackie Chan and then some, will actually like what they get served here
