The Medallion
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A Hong Kong detective and an Interpol officer work together to save a kidnapped young boy who holds an artifact of mysterious power called the Medallion.
Genre: Feature Film-Action/Adventure
Rating: PG13
Release Date: 1-AUG-2006
Media Type: DVDThe inspired pairing of Jackie Chan and British comedian Lee Evans (Funny Bones) gives The Medallion some extra oomph. Hong Kong agent Eddie Yang (Chan) flies to Ireland to track down a very bad guy named Snakehead (Julian Sands, Warlock, exuding his dependable oily menace) who has kidnapped a young boy with the power of life and death. When Eddie dies protecting the boy, the boy resurrects him with a magical medallion–and when Eddie comes back, he’s got supernatural powers, much to the befuddlement of his former partner, Arthur (Evans). Along for the ride is Eddie’s old flame, Nicole (Claire Forlani, Mystery Men), wearing tight outfits and delivering high kicks. Chan has lost the astonishing elasticity of his youth, but he’s still spry enough pull some dazzling moves, and Evans is just amazingly funny. Between the two, The Medallion is far more entertaining than you might expect. –Bret Fetzer
Rating:  (out of 76 reviews)
List Price: $ 9.95
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Review by Brian Kerr for The Medallion
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I enjoyed this film. It was a classic jackie chan adventure full of comedy, action, and cute chicks. Although this wasn’t his best by far it was still very entertaining. His comedic sidekick was great, only part i did not like was the end. I expected a better fight scene. Otherwise if you are a true jackie chan fan you will want to see this movie. Don’t be warded off by bad reviews because if you love jackie chan, you already know a lot of his movies have bad story and acting, but it’s jackie himself that electrifies the screen.
Review by captainlarose for The Medallion
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‘The Medallion’ captures all of the qualities fans of Jakie Chan know and love, action, supspense, extreme humor, and a touch of mystisism, all the qualities I know and loved in the KID’S WB! ‘Jakie Chan: Adventures’ cartoon series. It has a great cast [Julian Sands as the dreaded Snakehead, Claire Forlani as the high kicking Interpol Agent Nicole, Lee Evens as the bumbling Agent Watson, and, of course, Jakie Chan as the Chinese Super-Man Eddie Yang] that help give the movie a great energy. The greatest thing about it was it wasn’t afraid to make fun of itself! Great movie, I hope they make a sequel!
Review by Lee Neville for The Medallion
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Jackie again does all his own stunts in this action comedy also starring Claire Forlani and Lee Evans.
I quite like this movie. Note that despite seeming like a Hollywood film it is actually a Hong Kong film shot in Hong Kong, Thailand and Ireland. I’ve been debating as to whether or not to give it 3 or 4 stars but I’ve chosen to go with 4 stars. The film itself has pretty average action and comedy, but the idea that this movie is really aiming to be something great appeals to me. The outtakes at the end of the film are also very funny.
The DVD has a very straight laced audio commentary- not that much fun but nonetheless informative. It also features a wide array of deleted scenes. I’m kinda glad the deleted scenes didn’t make it into the film. Only one is worthwhile, and that involves Jackie Chan revealing that he is alive to Claire Forlani. It explores the history of the characters very well and it’s a shame it was cut from the film. It also has Claire Forlani at her dramatic best (quite reminiscent of her role in “Meet Joe Black”).
In summary, The Medallion is short and sweet. Check it out. You might like it.
Review by MMAfan for The Medallion
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I have always been a Jackie Chan fan and I own most of his movies but this one is probably one of his worst. In this movie he plays as a cop who dies and comes back to life because of the Medallions powers. He get lots of strength and can take bullets without being killed. This is one of his movies where he doesn’t have lots of cool stunts and all the action. I like when he uses more of the items around him to defeat his enemies but he doesnt use any in this movie. I have only seen one movie where Jackie is killed and that is The Prisoner.
What you expect, Jackie is 50 years old this year but I think he could still do what he did in his older movies. All of his current time movies have something in them that gives him power and strength that a normal person wouldn’t have. What happens in his older movies such as Rumble in the Bronx, and First Strike could happen at any time in real life which made them better. But in this movie you know that no one will be able to come back to life from a medallion.
I recommend some of his older movies such as Rumble in the Bronx, Legend of Drunken Master, Who Am I, and Gorgeous.
Review by for The Medallion
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I saw this movie ten times. I just love it. It was a great movie just as I expected. A must see. The others who didnt like it, they dont have a life. they just give racist comments. They didnt see the movie. When i was wathcing the movie, everyone in the theatre were highly enjoying especially during the action scenes. me too. Jackie Chan has done it again. A must buy. A must see for die hard fans.