well, as much as i love jackie chan, he's just not suited to this role, of film, at all. one of jackie's greatest assets is his own sense of fun, something that usually comes out in his films and is very endearing. obviously jackie's other major attributes are his martial arts and gymnastic prowess; even at his age, he shows that he can still move extremely well and choreograph some very high quality sequences, but unfortunately there are some very poor cgi effect used in tandem which really cheapen several sections of the film. there is some absolutely dreadful stuff here.

as for the plot, well i didn't really mind it all that much, sure it's a bit far fetched but i'm willing to forgive, although it does rather fall flat on it's pretentions of being an epic. overall, this film is a big mess: an overly-complicated narrative, some terrible cgi effects, a complete lack of charm and humour combined with delusions of grandeur.

on a more positive note, there's some very good sequences with jackie doing his stuff and there is a couple of reasonable bits of cgi thrown in too.