High Five : Jackie Chan

High Five : Jackie Chan

FPJ BureauUpdated: Friday, May 31, 2019, 11:42 PM IST
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Martial arts fan Jason (Michael Angarano) comes across a staff and then finds himself in an ancient Chinese village. Lu (Jackie Chan) tells Jason about how the Jade Warlord turned the Monkey King into a statue using the staff. So Jason, Lu Yan, A girl ‘Golden Sparrow’ (Liu Yifei), and Jet Li seek to free the Monkey King. Lu Yan and Jet Li teach Jason Kung Fu. The warlord’s witch mortally wounds Lu Yan so Jason seeks to exchange the staff for elixir from the warlord. Lu Yan recovers due to the elixir and Jason frees the Monkey King using the staff. Jason returns to the 21st century and meets Lu Yan and a girl who looks like Golden Sparrow. Watch this first martial arts film that stars Jackie Chan and Jet Li together.

In ancient China, Princess Ok-Soo (Kim Hee-sun) falls in love with Meng Yi (Jackie Chan). To save the Qin emperor’s life Meng Yi is sent to find the elixir of immortality while a treacherous prince condemns Ok-soo to imprisonment for eternity. In the present, archaeologist Jack (Jackie Chan) meets Samantha (Mallika Sherawat) whose uncle tells Jack about his past life. Jack finds the ancient tomb and meets Ok-soo but an evil Professor Koo tries to seize the immortality elixir. The tomb starts crumbling and Jack asks Ok-soo to come with him but she says she will wait for the real Meng Yi. Jack publishes a book about his adventures called ‘The Myth’. Watch this adventure film that combines historical fantasy, martial arts, and science-fiction.

Eddie (Jackie Chan) is a cop cooperating with Interpol agent Watson (Lee Evans) to capture crime lord ‘Snakehead’ who kidnapped a boy with special powers called Jai (Alex Bao) because he can bind two halves of a legendary medallion to grant immortality. Snakehead escapes with Jai to Ireland where Eddie is reunited with British agent Nicole (Claire Forlani). Eddie, Watson and Nicole try to rescue Jai and while saving Jai, Eddie drowns. Jai uses the medallion to resurrect Eddie, giving him superhuman strength and immortality. Snakehead kills Nicole so Eddie uses the medallion to trap Snakehead in the medallion and resurrects Nicole, who gains immortality. Watch this action-comedy also for its supernatural themes.

After Princess Pei-Pei (Lucy Liu) is abducted by villain Lo Fong and taken to the US the Chinese Emperor sends three guards, including Wang (Chan) to retrieve her. In Nevada, Wang meets Western outlaw Roy O’Bannon (Owen Wilson) and after Wang saves a Crow tribe boy from enemy tribe warriors, he ends up reluctantly marrying the chief’s daughter and from then on whenever he is in trouble, they help out. Initially Wang and Roy keep up fighting but they later become partners and Roy trains Wang to use a gun. Due to his exploits, Wang is identified as the ‘Shanghai Kid’ and he manages to kills Lo Fong. The action comedy Western fared very well at the box office and led to a sequel called ‘Shanghai Knights’.

Former musician Jackie (Jackie Chan), a.k.a. ‘Asian Hawk’ becomes a treasure hunter. A cult kidnaps his friend Alan’s girlfriend Lorelei and demands that Jackie bring them three armour pieces, including a sword from a legendary ‘Armour of God’. Jackie, Alan and May (Lola Forner) find the cult’s monastery and while they escape, Jackie fends off the cult members. When surrounded, Jackie threatens to blow up the monastery with dynamite but ends up lighting the fuse. He runs for life as the monastery caves in and jumps off the cave and on top of the hot-air balloon that Alan, Lorelei, and May are using to escape. The film is notable for Chan’s kung fu, comedy and stunts, and an Indiana Jones-style theme.

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