![]() While the past is disjointed, sober, and violent, the present is semi-cohesive, light hearted, and family friendly. The two settings are of differing quality too. Tong had been prepping a time travel movie set in ancient China, and Chan had wanted to work on a third film for his Indiana Jones-like franchise "The Armor of God." They ended up combining the two projects into "The Myth." Consequently, it feels like two very different films. Perhaps the reason for this is because the genesis of this project started as two films. ![]() ![]() The past and present mix together like oil and water. In the modern day setting, Chan plays an archaeologist who’s haunted by dreams of the past involving that love affair. In ancient China, Chan plays a general who is involved in a forbidden love affair with his emperor’s consort. The only thing connecting the two time periods is that Chan plays a character in each of them. It zips back and forth between ancient China and modern times. The story’s pretty shaky, even though Chan had been able to overcome that in the past. ![]() Jackie Chan does another collaboration with director Stanley Tong, who helmed some of his most commercially successful Hong Kong films (" Rumble in the Bronx," " Supercop"), for the sci-fi adventurer " The Myth." Unfortunately, this time, they end up with a turkey.
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