![]() Sadly for us Jackie Chan for himself whose winning cocktail for go for broke physical comedy and life-risking stunt work turned him from a local Chinese star into a beloved Hollywood action hero appears to be in auto-pilot mode here. Directed by Stanley Tong, who helmed some of most Chang’s popular hits including S uper Cop and Rumble In The Bronx, this film has unmistakeable calculated feel to it as if scripted and designed specifically to expand the star’s Indian fan base.įrom throwing in much mythological mumbo-jumbo to blatent Hinduism references, the makers of this flick can be accused of many things but subtlety is not one of them. There is some fun to be had when the gang let’s their fancy fight moves do the talking i which they are trapped with pack of hungry hyenas. Sonu Soodwho sports a multitude of goddy jackets with only one expression is the villain of the peace and Disha Patani and Amira Dastur are pretty but vapid leading ladies. Memorable but only for its sheer silliness is a scene in which he speeds his way through the crowded streets of Dubai while attempting to pacify an angry lion in the backseat. ![]() Barring a few scenario that rely on his trademark slapstick humour and nifty acrobatics, Jackie Chan leaves most of the physical exertion to his younger co-stars, motley mixed of Asian and Indian actors who sadly has none of his charisma. Yet none of this hurt as bad as the realization that now sixty-two year old marshal artlegend may no longer up to the giddy death defying stunts that were the hallmark of his earlier films. From fire-eaters and exotic magicians who perform rope tricks to multiple cameos by snakes and modern day princesses in Maganlal Dresswala costumes, the movie shamelessly panders to all manner of stereotypes. There is no word better than lazy to accurately describe Jackie Chan‘s new film ‘Kung Fu Yoga’ in which the Hong Kongaction star plays an Indiana Jones like figure, on a quest to unearth buried treasure from an ancient Indian kingdom.
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