Film Reviews - Monday, March 24, 2008 3:12 - 0 Comments

The Myth (2005)

Director: Stanley Tong

Starring: Jackie Chan, Kim Hee-seon, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Mallika Sherawat

Featuring: Yu Rong-guang, Choi Min-soo, Patrick Tam Yiu-man, Ken Wong Hap-hei, Ken Low, Hayama Hiro

Director Stanley Tong (Swordsman II, Rumble in the Bronx) and superstar Jackie Chan (Around the World in 80 Days, The Medallion) reunite after nine years with an old-school adventure tale in The Myth, a special effects powered martial arts extravaganza that seeks a larger worldwide audience than your typical Hong Kong fare. Part historical epic and part fantasy/mystery, the storyline weaves itself back and forth between the present and past, ultimately merging in an unlikely showdown that, like so many of Jackie’s features, becomes an immersive, extended fight sequence.

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