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Release Date:
22 August 2003 (USA)
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Plot:
A Hong Kong detective suffers a fatal accident involving a mysterious medallion and is transformed into an immortal warrior with superhuman powers. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations
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Fun fantasy, and not much else
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jackie Chan | ... | Eddie Yang | |
| Lee Evans | ... | Arthur Watson | |
| Claire Forlani | ... | Nicole James | |
| Julian Sands | ... | Snakehead | |
| John Rhys-Davies | ... | Cmdr. Hammerstock-Smythe | |
| Anthony Wong Chau-Sang | ... | Lester (as Anthony Wong) | |
| Christy Chung | ... | Charlotte Watson | |
| Johann Myers | ... | Giscard | |
| Alex Bao | ... | Jai (as Alexander Bao) | |
| Siu-Ming Lau | ... | Antiquerium Dealer (as Lau Siu Ming) | |
| Diana C. Weng | ... | Undercover Woman (as Diana Weng) | |
| Chow Pok Fu | ... | High Priest | |
| Tat Kwong Chan | ... | Monk | |
| Wai Cheung Mak | ... | Monk (as Mak Wai Cheung) | |
| Anthony Carpio | ... | Guard Monk |
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Also Known As:
Highbinders (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for action violence and some sexual humor.
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Runtime:
88 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:10 |
Iceland:12 (video rating) |
Malaysia:U |
Ireland:12 |
South Korea:12 |
Netherlands:12 |
Hong Kong:IIB |
Australia:M |
Canada:14A |
Finland:K-15 |
France:U |
Germany:12 |
Norway:11 |
Philippines:PG-13 |
Singapore:PG |
Sweden:11 |
UK:PG |
USA:PG-13 (certificate #39538)
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WILHELM SCREAM: First heard from Eddie when Snakehead grabs his chest in their fight in the forest. Heard a second time when Eddie sees Snakehead's face on the medallion.
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Factual errors: Interpol has no investigative branch/field agents. The investigative police of the European Union is called Europol. Interpol solely compiles and distributes intelligence gathered by local and federal EU member state police agencies, much like the US NSA, except the NSA has field agents to also gather information and investigate crimes.
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Quotes:
[When Jackie has Giscard traped in the bins]
Giscard: Ever heard of police brutality?
Eddie Yang: Sounds like fun.
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Giscard: Ever heard of police brutality?
Eddie Yang: Sounds like fun.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#31.1)" (2004)
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It has taken Jackie Chan about 27 years, a good 60 movies or so, and a few near death experiences for him to decide that he can start making movies that don't regularly involve certain death, thanks to CGI. The results are not so good. In fact, I'll just say it: 'The Medallion' is a terrible action movie.
Jackie plays Eddie Yang, a Hong Kong detective chasing a villain named Snakehead (those villains and their crazy names). Snakehead, like all Hong Kong villains is actually English, so when he kidnaps a boy with the power to control The Medallion, Yang follows him to Ireland to reclaim the Medallion and find the child (who just goes to prove, that even if you live in a Buddhist temple in a sewer below Hong Kong, you can still learn to speak perfect English with an English accent).
Seems like 'The Golden Child'? Why yes, yes it does. Its a fun fantasy movie for kids, but anyone wanting to watch an action movie should watch this up until a short cameo appearance by Sammo Hung and then turn it off very quickly. Now I'm not a fan of CGI action, but I assumed that with Jackie Chan starring and Sammo Hung directing the action - two action masters - could still pull of some entertaining action scenes. Apparently not, as 'The Medallion' is only marginally better than, oh, say 'Charlie's Angels 2'.
Fun for kids, but action fans should avoid entirely. I'm being generous when I give this 5/10.