Un hombre busca en todo el mundo un conjunto de artefactos místicos: 12 cabezas de bronce de los animales del zodiaco chino... La película comienza con un hombre contando la historia del Palacio de Verano Antiguo y cómo fue saqueado en la década de 1800 por los británicos en la Segunda Guerra del Opio. Entre los tesoros se encuentran las cabezas de bronce de los 12 animales del zodiaco chino. En el día de hoy, las cabezas de bronce se subastan por más de un millón de euros cada una. La principal compañía que suministra las cabezas de bronce y otros objetos robados es MP Corporation. A JC se le asigna la tarea de encontrar las cabezas de bronce perdidas restantes, con la promesa de una bonificación 10 veces mayor si puede recuperarlas todas. JC visita a un hombre llamado Profesor Guan, quien había creado 12 réplicas idénticas con fines de estudio junto a su equipo de investigadores, bajo el pretexto de ser un reportero llamado Martin de National Geographic. Cuando queda solo, JC escanea las múltiples cabezas de animales del zodiaco de bronce usando guantes especiales para que su organización secreta pueda replicar un modelo extremadamente realista de ellas. Después de escanearlas, viaja a París para encontrar a una mujer llamada Coco, recomendada por el Profesor Guan, para obtener más información sobre el paradero de dos cabezas de bronce. Edit Translation
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- Título original: 十二生肖
- También conocida como: CZ12 , Sap ji sang ciu , Chinese Zodiac: La armadura de Dios , La Armadura de Dios 3: El Zodiaco Chino , La armadura de Dios 3
- Director: Jackie Chan
- Guionista y Director: Frankie Chan, Edward Tang
- Géneros: Acción, Aventuras, Thriller, Comedia
Reparto y créditos
- Jackie Chan Papel principal
- Bo Lin ChenWu QingPapel secundario
- Kwon Sang WooSimonPapel secundario
- Ken Lo[Pirate]Papel secundario
- Zhang LanxinBonniePapel secundario
- Liu Cheng Jun'Pirate King'Papel secundario
Reseñas
Overall :
Who watches a Jackie Chan movie for the story ? I know I never did. It never flies high and in this particular case, story and filming are an absolute mess ; but Jackie Chan movies remain fun to watch, especially Jackie Chan's fighting and acrobatics...which is the only reason why I would recommend this movie. I won't lie : giving it a 5/10 is too high for the objective quality of the movie, but my subjectivity cannot give it a bad note.
Story :
If you are curious how not to write a story, you might as well watch this movie. It does a huge fuck you to sense and common ground every five minutes and jumps from a thing to another without a valid reason and is way too quick, nothing feels right. Just...watch...and you'll get it... At least I hope so. As for the ending, I was between facepalming and laughing.
Characters :
You cannot really speak of "characters", even "stereotype" would be too much, they are traits. Sure, there's a try to develop relationships between some characters, but it isn't worked on properly for it to be even credible. And I don't even speak about the motivation of some characters or their unvalid change of hearts.
Acting :
It really varies from one to another. Some are really bad, others are ok, none are outstanding.
Music :
It seems Pirates of Carribean's OST is loved, because some soundtracks certainly sounds like remixes.
Filming :
Oh my goodness, the transitions... I think it's the first time I've seen such a bad use of transitions in my entire life. XD It's so constant to the point it's hilarious how you pass from a moment to another. XD It feels very amateurish. If you want to know how not to do transitions, this movie is a very good example.
As for the scenery...it is ok, most of the time, until you arrive in the jungle...which is the most ridiculous part of the entire movie, not only due to the stage set but also what happens there in general. I'm still laughing thinking about it. I assume there was a huge lack of money, or at least it's the only justification I can give them.
Rewatch Value :
Yeah, it's bad...really bad...but I know I would laugh if I would watch it again. And I would still appreciate Jackie Chan's "martial art". Just for that I could rewatch it. You can call this movie a "nanar" (aka "so bad it's good" or rather, turning funny by how bad it is done).