The Myth

THE MYTH (2005) - Sept. 16, 2005
Well, this certainly wasn't Jackie Chan's finest effort. It started out well enough, but it started to really drag towards the end, and the final sequence, which took place in some kind of floating, zero-gravity mausoleum seemed to go on forever. The film was divided into stuff taking place in the past, with a romance between a general and a princess of some sort, and stuff in the present, with an archeologist and his scientist buddy (both starring Jackie Chan). One of the film's big problems was that for the most part, the stuff in the past wasn't all that interesting. The romance between Jackie Chan and the princess essentially didn't work at all, as they had zero chemistry together and in fact rarely even spoke to each other (despite the fact that a big chunk of the film was dedicated to their so-called romance). The stuff that took place in the present was considerably better, as Chan got to play more to his strengths (humour and elaborate martial arts sequences). The action (what little there was) was right up there with Jackie Chan's best stuff, with the highlight easily being a fight taking place in a rat glue factory. If this movie had been way shorter it may have been pretty good, but as it stands I was getting bored towards the end. **