The Medallion

    The Medallion
    2003

    Synopsis

    A Hong Kong detective suffers a fatal accident involving a mysterious medallion and is transformed into an immortal warrior with superhuman powers.

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    Cast

    • Jackie ChanEddie Yang
    • Lee EvansArthur Watson
    • Claire ForlaniNicole James
    • Julian SandsSnakehead
    • John Rhys-DaviesCmdr. Hammerstock-Smythe
    • Anthony WongLester Wong
    • Christy Chung Lai-TaiCharlotte Watson
    • Johann MyersGiscard
    • Alexander BaoJai
    • Lau Siu-MingAntiquarium Dealer

    Recommendations

    • 63

      USA Today

      Longer on action than comedy. But with Chan's affable charm and stunning leaps, kicks and jumps, it's a good-natured and amusing spectacle.
    • 63

      Philadelphia Inquirer

      Chan's signature mix of screwball comedy and gymnastic derring-do landed him his own cartoon series a few years back, and The Medallion -- with its bumbling spies and bounding star -- is about as cartoonish as live action gets.
    • 50

      ReelViews

      Since the stunts are sub-par and feature considerable computer help, the movie gives the impression that it's trying too hard to be campy and silly.
    • 50

      The A.V. Club

      Though haphazardly put together, The Medallion stays fairly entertaining until it kills Chan off and resurrects him as an immortal being.
    • 42

      Portland Oregonian

      Not that Chan isn't lovable; he is. But he's making it harder to feel warm and fuzzy about him with films like The Medallion. It's OK to age, but Chan needs to broaden his horizons. He is a trained singer. Where's that musical he's always dreamed of making?
    • 40

      Salon

      There are five writers credited with the script for The Medallion, and between them they don't come up with a single original or amusing or clever idea.
    • 38

      Miami Herald

      The formulaic movie would be forgettable but inoffensive if it were anyone else posing for blue screen CGI effects.
    • 38

      New York Post

      Given the complete lack of chemistry between Chan and Forlani, their rather awkward lip-lock isn't worth $10 to see. Sadly, neither is anything else here.

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