Review of SKIPTRACE
Revue of SKIPTRACE
Release Date: September 2, 2016
Genre: Action/Comedy
Directed By: Renny Harlin
Show of hands if you have missed Jackie Chan! I know I have! In Skiptrace, Jackie Chan is Bennie a Hong Kong cop on a revenge mission to take down the ever elusive Matador, who killed his partner. He teams up with an American conman Connor Watts (Johnny Knoxville) who has evidence that can help him nail the Matador, but first, they have to deal with each other.
When I heard there was a new Jackie Chan movie, I was super anxious to go see it because it has been quite a while I saw any new movies from him. Jackie has again partnered with a conman from the west (just like he did with Owen Wilson in Shanghai Knights) with comedic results. Knoxville is no Owen Wilson or Chris Tucker but I think he held his own- he managed to pull quite a few laughs.
There are some actors that I have not been able to get over the fact that they are getting old, and Jackie is at the top of that list. When I see Jackie now, I think back with nostalgia to his days as the drunken master and can’t help but think that old age is a b****. In Skiptrace, he is still his witty and artful athletic self, but the speed has been taken out of him. Gone are his six packs and high intensity stunts, because I noticed that he is beginning to use a lot more safety ropes for his stunts but that does not take away from the fact that he (as usual) hurt himself shooting this movie. Make sure you stick around till the end of the movie to see the bloopers in the making of the movie where he managed to bust his nose and leg.
However, the movie had one of the worst visual effects I have seen and I must say that I noticed that the movie focused on the sights and sounds of Hong Kong that I am beginning to believe it is one huge marketing strategy. Talking about marketing, BMW made sure we saw enough of their cars, even though they seemed out of place in the whole movie.
Oh by the way, have you guys hear that Jackie Chan is being given a well-deserved honorary Oscar for his accomplishments in movies? Me thinks he deserves it sha, but I digress….
Make sure you look out for Jackie’s funny adlibbed rendition of Adele’s song and some pretty good action sequences. SKIPTRACE scores a few punches and gets a few laughs so it earns a 5.9/10 rating on my awesome-o-metre.
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The Maveriq
Jackie can never go wrong with me... I must see
ReplyDeleteIts ur boy @Simon_rza59... 5.9?hmmmmm It will be 7 for me then
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