Review of The Myth

I don't like to watch a JC movie because his acting ability is poor and his action tricks and jokes are always the same BUT this one is still worth a watch. I watch it because of Stanley Tong who directed some of the best JC movies in the past. I must say the credit goes fully to him. So far, all his movies maintained a certain standard. In fact, I think he is the best HK big scale action film director since the 90's if Tsui Hark represented the 80's. Compared to the recent Tsui Hark's Seven Swords, The Myth is much much better for its creativity, action, story or plot. Although the overall lead casts(all 4 plus the villain professor) did not acted well, the movie was saved by some very new and unusual storyline, setting and action tricks which I shall not give away here. Giving it away as spoilers will also spoil the fun of watching it. I did not see this movie with high hope after watching the trailer but to my surprise and enjoyment, the best parts of the movie are all NOT shown in the trailer. The Indian part in the film is the worse and obviously made for Jacky to penetrate the Indian market. The Indian actress did not act well at all. She did have a near full frontal scene but edited quickly and shown from her side view. The better acting is done by the good general closest to JC and the bad general acted by Yu Ron Kong.