If nothing else, director Stanley Tong and martial arts superstar Jackie Chan’s latest effort, Vanguard, proves the law of diminishing returns.
Not too long ago a Chan film guaranteed an entertaining time at the movies and heaps of awe at what the human body could endure.
Now? Not so much. With the 66-year-old Chan handing off the heavy stunt lifting to younger, spryer actors, the fundamentally weak scripts of action gems like Police Story, Rumble in the Bronx or even Rush Hour become glaringly obvious — and difficult to tolerate without Chan’s brand of kung fu wizardry to distract.
Nonetheless Gravitas is banking on Chan to fill the November action void left by No Time to Die’s delay. Vanguard may attract the ultra-bored and/or stir crazy.
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