We also see a glimpse of the old Jackie Chan in a hair-raising car chase complete with a lion. The scene where these three actors have a funny run-in with Hyenas was the most entertaining scene in the movie. Aarif Rahman who plays Jones Lee and Yixing Zhang who plays Xiaoguang, even Amyra Dastur’s Kyra, make the film a bit more tolerable.
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Shouldn’t a movie about treasures from the Magadha empire been shot somewhere near where the kingdom actually existed, like Patna?īut then how would one fit in the must-have rope tricks and snake charmers?įrom dialogue to delivery and plot, it just all seems forced. Jack (Jackie Chan) and Ashmita (Disha Patani) have to find a lost treasure from the Magadha dynasty of India.ĭirector Stanley Tong may also need a short history lesson. Instead you have Sonu Sood in another wasted opportunity, and a whole bunch of clichés about India that are frankly more tiresome than funny.Īpart from a vague mention of a breathing technique, the film has no connection whatsoever with yoga either. Read | Kung Fu Yoga: Watch this hilarious video of Sonu Sood, Jackie Chan and Salman Khan None of the joyous laughter we have come to expect from a Jackie Chan. If only the film were equipped with anything resembling a coherent plot. Their adventure takes them from one exotic destination to another, pits them against wolves in Tibet, a lion in Dubai, hungry hyenas in Rajasthan - and of course enemies of the human kind, equipped with blazing guns. When an Indian professor, Ashmita (Disha Patani), comes to him with a map of treasures from the Magadha Dynasty in India, Jack and his assistants decide to seek it out. Is there anything sadder than watching an ageing superstar’s desperate attempts to keep himself afloat? If you have grown up watching Jackie Chan movies and loved him more for his comic timing and endearing goofiness or his expert kung fu, Kung Fu Yoga will leave you with a feeling of sadness.Ĭhan plays an archaeologist, Jack, in this Sino-Indian co-production.