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Armour of God follows Asian Hawk (Jackie Chan), an Indiana Jones-like adventurer that collects treasures from around the world. When the girlfriend of his former best friend, Alan, is kidnapped by an evil religious cult, he reaches out to Hawk for help. Hawk, in turn, is being recruited by the same evil cult to retrieve the "Armour of God", or something like that.
The truth of the matter is that the plot doesn't matter much. The basic goal is to put Jackie Chan in dangerous situations so he can perform dangerous stunts to get away. The film is notable for being the one where he fractured his skull and almost died during a stunt in the opening scene. Not sure if it's because of this, but most of the stunts are cluttered both in this opening scene and the final scene.
Unfortunately, what's left in the middle is not very good. That section plays more like a buddy comedy between Hawk and Alan, but the comedy is not very effective. In addition, the character of Alan is a bit obnoxious, and his interactions with Hawk don't work as well as I would've wanted.
For a film about a globe-trotting adventurer and explorer, I was expecting more adventure and more thrills. I suppose it is a good thing that they left most of the stunts and good action for the end, because it kinda ends things in a high note. Just not enough for me to feel great about the film.
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ARMOUR OF GOD
(1986, Chan)
A film from Jackie Chan
(1986, Chan)
A film from Jackie Chan
The Sword of the Holy Spirit recently put up for auction, was stolen by him from an African tribe. If he has the ability to acquire The Sword, he'll naturally have the ability to acquire the remaining pieces."
Armour of God follows Asian Hawk (Jackie Chan), an Indiana Jones-like adventurer that collects treasures from around the world. When the girlfriend of his former best friend, Alan, is kidnapped by an evil religious cult, he reaches out to Hawk for help. Hawk, in turn, is being recruited by the same evil cult to retrieve the "Armour of God", or something like that.
The truth of the matter is that the plot doesn't matter much. The basic goal is to put Jackie Chan in dangerous situations so he can perform dangerous stunts to get away. The film is notable for being the one where he fractured his skull and almost died during a stunt in the opening scene. Not sure if it's because of this, but most of the stunts are cluttered both in this opening scene and the final scene.
Unfortunately, what's left in the middle is not very good. That section plays more like a buddy comedy between Hawk and Alan, but the comedy is not very effective. In addition, the character of Alan is a bit obnoxious, and his interactions with Hawk don't work as well as I would've wanted.
For a film about a globe-trotting adventurer and explorer, I was expecting more adventure and more thrills. I suppose it is a good thing that they left most of the stunts and good action for the end, because it kinda ends things in a high note. Just not enough for me to feel great about the film.
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