Looking at the ads and trailers for The Medallion makes me wonder “How long can Jackie Chan keep doing this?”
Over the course of our lives, we’ve probably all seen a Jackie Chan film at one point or another. They’re kind of like the Bond movies. Don’t they say at least one fourth of the world has seen one? Jackie is the same way. And if you haven’t seen one, I strongly recommend Legend of Drunken Master II. Brilliant.
But I digress. What I’m trying to say is, by now, we all kind of know the routine. The infinite chase sequences, the unbelievable stunts, the running up walls. How long can Jackie keep this up?
As Jackie has gotten older, his films have relied more and more on stunt doubles and CGI. That would have been sacrilege a few years ago, seeing as Jackie has ALWAYS done his own stunts.
But I guess insurance companies won’t write policies for Jackie anymore in the case of an accident. Either that or they cost incredibly amounts of money.
I just think it’s one of those cruel twists of fate that, at half a century, Jackie Chan has really become well-known in America… just as things are starting to slide down the other end of the bell curve.
Just a thought.
Even though his stunts are still amazing, the man is nearly 50 years old!
Can you imagine him still making films 30 years from now?
I don't know about you, but there's no way I would walk up stairs like Jackie Chan did without using the handrail!
