If you like cinema Jackie Chanthere is news that you will like as much as it will disconcert you. The popular Chinese actor returns at 72 years old to one of the sagas that established him as a star: ‘Armor of God’. Because although in the West we knew him more for ‘Conflicts in the Bronx’ in 1995 or, above all, for ‘Rush Hour’ in 1998, the actor was already a legend in Hong Kong martial arts cinema.
As they point in Variety, Chan is preparing for ‘Armor of God IV’, the fourth part of an adventure saga that It perfectly condenses the actor’s style: martial arts, adventure and that hallmark of physical humor that launched him to stardom.
And if you don’t know these movies, the truth is that the mix is a difficult cocktail to miss when mixing Jackie Chan,’Indiana Joness’ and ‘Mission Impossible‘. And, thinking about it, it could be one of the great inspirations from ‘Uncharted’.
Jackie Chan is back (if he ever left)
In the cinema we live in constant nostalgia, and this summer could not be a better example. There we have ‘toy story 5‘, a film that has been considered unnecessary (after the also considered unnecessary fourth installment) and Universal has just released the first teaser trailer for ‘Shrek 5’ (with slaps by users).
Going back to ‘Armour of God’, the first film from 1986 introduced us to… well, Jackie, the “Asian Falcon” or the “Condor”, depending on the region, a treasure hunter similar to Indiana Jones who travels the world looking for relics and historical objects with an almost mystical value.
Out of nowhere, he finds himself involved in the kidnapping of a friend’s girlfriend by a cult and that premise gave rise to a sequel (‘Operation Condor’ from 1991) and a third part that was not very well received (‘Chinese Zodiac’, from 2012, the most similar to a ‘Mission Impossible’).
They are less well-known films than those first international blockbusters that made him rise to fame in the West, but you are surely familiar with a video that appears in every compilation of videos of actors doing stunts. Like Tom CruiseChan usually performs his stunts.
During the filming of ‘Armour of God’, there was a moment in which he had to jump to a tree branch to escape, but the branch broke and the actor hit his head on a rock. He fractured his skull and, as a gift, he received partial hearing loss in one of his ears.
They are entertaining films (like many of the actor’s films, in short), and Variety points out that It will be this July when the filming of ‘Armor of God IV’ beginswith Robert Kun directing and Jackie returning to the role of Asian Hawk, but not repeating behind the cameras (yes, he also directed the previous three).
The premiere is expected in the second half of 2027 and we will have to see if, at 72 years old, he continues to swing between the branches of the trees.
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