The Myth (2005): Martial arts legend Jackie Chan stars as Jack, a world-renowned archaeologits who has begun having mysterious dreams of a past life as a warrior in ancient China. (6.1)
Director: Stanley Tong
Stars: Jackie Chan, Hee-seon Kim and Tony Leung Ka Fai
Language: Mandarin (w/ English Subtitles)
Interesting story that goes back and forth between present day and ancient China. But, instead of developing the story and characters, the movie spends way too much time in martial arts sequences. (It is a Jackie Chan movie, after all.) They could have added a lot more dialog from the ancient time and used Hee Sun Kim more on the screen. The outdoor and battle sequences were okay, but having seen Mongol it left me expecting a lot more. A lot of effort must have gone into the battle scenes and the floating fights, but not being a martial arts fan, they didn't impress me much. I watched the movie mainly for the song, but it was barely sung. Even then, it was the Chinese/Korean version, which is okay, but I wanted hear the full Chinese version. I thought they'd have the song at least over the credits at the end, but it was just the music. My Rating: 5.0
