Hong Kong action/historical/epic movie with full of over-the-top struggles , excitement , thrills , ingenious stunts , lots of brawls and brief touches of humor. This fun movie is plenty of intrigue , unstopped action , and overwhelming stunt-work with breathtaking ending images with the main characters flying here and there . Sympathetic archeologist Jack (Jackie Chan) keeps having reoccurring dreams of a past life, where he is the great general Meng Yi, who is sworn to protect a princess named Ok-Soo (Kim Hee-seon) . When a fellow scientist enlists his help locating the mausoleum of China's first emperor , Jack decides to go investigate everything with his friend William (Tony Ka Fai Leung) , assisted by the spirit of a noble princess .
This exciting movie is crammed of action-packed , fantasy ,overwhelming stunt-work and lots of fights .Amusing and colorful Jackie Chan entry in whic he takes on Chinese emperor and his army . It is a fantastic film with supernatural events in which the past collides surprisingly with the present . Jackie Chan is top-notch as a world-renowned archaeologist who has started discovering amazing visions and having mysterious dreams of a past life as a warrior in ancient China , as he becomes one army man fighting a group of heinous criminals and a lot of warriors and , of course , as always he makes his own stunts . Awesome , incredible stunts and brief comic touches , as usual ; the picture is better constructed than others directed by Stanley Tong . The lighting-paced storyline slows down at times , including some confusing and absurd lines in the script , but frantic action sequences make up for it . Spotlights movie include spectacular battle in which Jackie himself confronts an entire army and eliminates them all forming a mountain of bodies , among others . This is a phenomenal action/epic movie distinguished by nicely cinematography of the impressive sequences , shot on location in India, Xi'an, China and adding agreeable sense of humor.
The picture achieved big success in China and all around the world but in USA failed , similar to his American debut ,¨Battle creek brawl¨ that had a disastrous Box-office. Jackie Chan is a hard-working actor and director throughout his long and varied career . He went on playing ¨Cannoball¨ , ¨The protector¨ and "Rumble in the Bronx", until getting all American successes with ¨Shangai Knights¨ , ¨The tuxedo¨ , ¨Around the world in 80 days¨ and ¨Rush hour¨ trilogy , and the recent ¨Karate kid¨. Many of them Chan usually pays overt homage to two of his greatest influences as Charles Chaplin and Harold Lloyd . Of course , his biggest hits were ¨The Police story¨ series that won the Golden Horse Award , a Chinese version of the Oscar , the first was titled ¨Police story (1985)¨ directed by the same Chan , it was a perfect action film for enthusiastic of the genre ; the following was ¨Police story 2 (1988)¨ also pretty violent and with abundant humor touches . It's followed by ¨Supercop¨ or ¨Police story 3¨ and finally , ¨Police story IV : Crime story¨ . This picture ¨San wa¨or ¨The Myth¨ (2005) was lavishly produced by Jackie Chan himself , being compellingly directed by Stanley Tong and helped by Jackie Chan . Tong directed various Chan vehicles , such as : ¨Supercop I¨ , ¨Supercop II¨, ¨Rumble in the Bronx¨, ¨Vanguard¨ and ¨Kung Fu Yoga¨ . Rating : Acceptable and passable , the picture has its sensational moments here and there , but also with abundant humor touches mostly provided by its agile star , the super Jackie Chan , stunningly accompanied by Tony Ka Fai Leung , Kim Hee-seon and Mallika Sherawat . It's a perfect action film for enthusiasts of the genre and especially for Jackie fans .
