Asian Film Review - 十二生肖

By Lilian

HO-HO-HO, IT’ TIME TO WATCH “ASIAN MOVIE”.

Firstly, kungfu lovers have to pay attention to this. I am continuing to share famous Chinese movies with you, only this time it is the recent Kungfu starring Jackie Chan.

十二生肖 (Chinese Zodiac)

I just watched this movie on reading week. It was so amazing, Jackie Chan was movie director, and he claimed that this would be his last major action movie. 

Jackie Chan acted as Asian Hawk, who leas a mercenary team to recover several lost artifacts from the Old Summer Palace, the bronze heads of the 12 Chinese Zodiac animals which was looted by foreigners in the 1800s. Assisted by a Chinese student and s Parisian lady, Hawk stops at nothing to accomplish the mission.

This movie conveys that we should respect cultural relics and mutual property and go against any staling or plundering out of personal desire.

By the way, because of this movie, Jackie Chan has two Guinness World Record certificates, "Most Stunts Performed by a Living Actor" and "Most Credits in One Movie".  In Chinese Zodiac, Chan holds 15 credits to his name with writer, director, lead actor as Asian Hawk, producer, executive producer, cinematographer, art director, unit production manager, catering coordinator, stunt coordinator, gaffer, composer, theme tune vocalist, props and stuntman.

周末刚看完这部电影，就忍不住要分享给大家。这部电影还是延续成龙的一贯风格，武打动作场面自然是少不了的，还增加乐很多幽默的的元素。当然其中是少不了感动的场面，当成龙从火山上，在没有降落伞的情况下急速下坠的那一刻，感觉我的鼻子一阵酸楚，有一股暖流就像是从鼻腔涌上眼睛。不是被这剧情感动，而是这样的成龙，或许见一次少一次。

Go and check out the trailer here and let me know in the comments if you've seen it and what you thought :-)