Holy shit! I haven't laughed that much at a film in a long time (not even at the excellent 22 Jump Street).
I normally dislike a lot of the humour in Marvel films (here's lookin' at you RDJ) and I was instantly apprehensive after seeing the first trailer for Guardians. I opened my mind a little when a few people more educated in the way of comics informed me that it's a much more deliberately funny comic to begin with,…
The same old man on a mission and won't be stopped story I've come to expect from 9 out of 10 martial arts action films these days. Some decent fight choreography is pretty much all it has going for it. Avoid.
Awful in just about every way.
There's almost nothing here that's great about a Jackie Chan film. It's loaded with shit CG and the practical stunts that are here are mostly nothing to shout about.
Best part of the film was the outtakes during the end credits followed by a cliptage of Jackie's incredible career.
But hey, at least he does his own dub.
Better the second time.
The only complaint I can really come up with (and it's a minor one at that) is that the soundtrack isn't as good as it's predecessor. It doesn't punctuate every blow in the same way as the non-Indonesian soundtrack did for The Raid. Whether or not that has anything to do with Mike Shinoda not being involved, or too much involvement from Aria Prayogi and Fajar Yuskemal I'm not sure.
I'm now 100% certain that I…
