Critic Reviews
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Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Makes you long for Tucker -- and for Jackie Chan to fly without digital wings.
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Ben Kenigsberg, Village Voice
This outing, Jackie doesn't bring much humor or personality to his role.
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Charles Taylor, Salon.com
If writers think that they have to give Jackie Chan superpowers and special effects in order for him to do amazing things, they clearly have no idea who they're writing for.
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Matt Bonesteel, Washington Post
Chan's normally homegrown stuntwork is replaced by a lot of wire fighting and special effects.
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Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
So cheesy and cheap that it almost attains high camp.
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Dennis Harvey, Variety
This H.K./U.S. co-production at times plays as if it were aimed at children, but more often simply seems to be aiming blind at whatever genre cliche the five credited writers fix upon in any given scene.
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Nell Minow, Common Sense Media
Die-hard Jackie Chan fans may be disappointed.
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Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
With smooth, energetic direction by Gordon Chan and a love interest in the beautiful Claire Forlani, The Medallion shapes up as one of Jackie Chan's best American films.
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Philip Martin, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The Medallion is an honest machine for making money, a meritorious entrepreneurial model.
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Mark Collette, Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
... enough distractions to carry us through the doldrums.
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Daniel M. Kimmel, Worcester Telegram & Gazette
For Jackie Chan... the moment of truth may have finally come. Nearly 50... the undeniably engaging star may be near the end of his shelf life as an action figure.
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Jamie Russell, BBC
It's a lame slapstick actioner in which Jackie Chan lets CGI effects take the heat instead of his arthritic joints.
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Tyler Hanley, Palo Alto Weekly
Amateurish effects, frenetic camerawork and ridiculous villains prevent Chan's Medallion from emanating true cinematic shine.
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Adam Nayman, eye WEEKLY
A special-effects bonanza, and a woefully underwhelming one at that.
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Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel, 3BlackChicks Review
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Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall
The script is so simplistic that it's almost funny as a spoof.
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Shirley Klass, Fantastica Daily
As always [Chan] gets some big laughs.
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Mark Dujsik, Mark Reviews Movies
The lesson to learn from The Medallion is that a wire- and computer-assisted Jackie Chan is better than no Jackie Chan but still a bad idea nonetheless.
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Josh Bell, Las Vegas Weekly
With the cheesy effects and cartoony soundtrack, the film feels like an overgrown episode of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
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Christopher Smith, Bangor Daily News (Maine)
Unfortunately, it dresses Jackie Chan up with gadgetry and gimmickry.
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Featured Audience Ratings
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I was completely surprised at this one. I enjoyed Jackie Chan and Lee Evans together. I laughed alot and had all the Jackie Chan great moments.
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I do love Jackie Chan, but this movie was not as good as I expected to be.
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The Medaillon. I tried so hard to watch this Movie to end but it just bored me.
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Funncy and cheerful light hearted kung fu movie with jack chan,lee evans and the really good looking claire forlani (meet joe black)
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Mediocre Jackie Chan Stunt Movie. Mildly Entertaining
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i can't help it; jackie chan movies are just so amusing!
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Jackie Chan makes funniest accident scenes after he empowered with superhuman strength.
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With a weak script, marginal acting and some fairly terrible special effects work The Medallion is another stinker by Jackie Chan in his Hollywood cash-in days of the late 90's and early 00's. Gracefully it is not as bad or ugly looking as The Tuxedo was but its still… More
With a weak script, marginal acting and some fairly terrible special effects work The Medallion is another stinker by Jackie Chan in his Hollywood cash-in days of the late 90's and early 00's. Gracefully it is not as bad or ugly looking as The Tuxedo was but its still pretty craptacular. I'd avoid it like I would a snotty kid during flu season.
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Very good movie and just like any Jacky Chan's movie, very entertaining and cool fighting.
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Eddie Yang is a Hong Kong cop working with Interpol to try and bring down criminal `Snakehead' (played by Julian Sands) who is after an ancient medallion and it`s keeper, a young Oriental boy, who has been chosen to give life, power and immortality to whomever he heals with it.… More
Eddie Yang is a Hong Kong cop working with Interpol to try and bring down criminal `Snakehead' (played by Julian Sands) who is after an ancient medallion and it`s keeper, a young Oriental boy, who has been chosen to give life, power and immortality to whomever he heals with it. After the boy is kidnapped during a failed attempt of capturing Snakehead, Eddie is sent to Dublin, Ireland where he joins forces with Agent Nicole James (the fantastically eye-pleasing Claire Forlani) and the less-than-competent Agent Watson (Lee Evans), a nerdy Interpol officer, who can't seem to get anything right.
After a near-fatal accident Eddie is suddenly transformed into a 'Highbinder'--an immortal warrior with superhuman powers and must go face to face with the menacing Snakehead who desperately wants the medallion back. Jackie is fun to watch as is Christy Chung (Lee's wife) who has a hidden armory in the broom cupboard ~although there is no given explanation for that~ lol. Eerily reminiscent of Eddie Murphy's "The Golden Child." But I would recommend it for anyone who enjoys Jackie Chan movies!
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Once upon a time, I thought Jackie Chan could do no wrong. A god if cinema, who's comic timing and entertaining martial arts could save any film. And then I saw ... The Medallion.
Lee Evans is a funny guy, and he's also funny in The Medallion, but I think he's the… More
Once upon a time, I thought Jackie Chan could do no wrong. A god if cinema, who's comic timing and entertaining martial arts could save any film. And then I saw ... The Medallion.
Lee Evans is a funny guy, and he's also funny in The Medallion, but I think he's the wrong person to pair with Jackie. The action was also a bit underwhelming. Not without it's moments, but still disappointing.
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All jakie chan movies are good!
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Utterly disappointing, with the plot mainly and somewhat bad actors that pissed me off.
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A little better than average Jackie Chan Vehicle sporting a high kicking Clair Forlani. Ovarall decent action and comedy..Some funny moments but nothing to write home about. .Final analysis of this movie...Claire Forlani is hot!
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This is probably the worst Jackie Chan movie I've seen. It's got the worst villain, the most unfunny sidekick and the stunts were not as exciting as his previous works.
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Fantastic movie! Julian Sands portrays a remarkable villian. Great story plot.
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