Film Review – Chinese Zodiac

“Chinese Zodiac” is reportedly Jackie Chan’s swan song to massive action
comedies, the type that tear up the screen with slapstick of enormous
scope while celebrating the star’s inability to be killed by stunts of
his own design. If this is truly the final bow for Chan’s cartoon
persona (after all, he’s turning 60 next year), “Chinese Zodiac” is an
appropriate note to end on. Teeming with Chan’s customary choreographed
hellraising, the picture is routine but captivating in its widescreen
craftsmanship, with Chan the director making Chan the star look like a
superhero as the story smashes through all manner of infiltration and
escape while trying to impart an important lesson on the raiding of
history.
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