Kung Fu Yoga is peppered with random odd moments – at one point, the Indian professor is expounding China’s One Belt, One Road policy. In another scene, a line about Buddhism is bleeped out.Īnd where’s the yoga you ask? Well, in one scene, the characters use a ‘fetal breath-holding technique’ to escape. It’s designed as a fun roller coaster ride. But even cartoons need coherence. There were moments in the film when I had absolutely no idea what was going on. Kung Fu Yoga begins with a motion capture sequence in 647 A.D. We are in the Kingdom of Magadha where a rogue general is battling the forces of its Princess. Chan plays the Tang dynasty envoy who is helping the princess. We then cut to present day where Chan is China’s greatest archaeologist Jack, the same character he played in Tong’s last film The Myth. An Indian professor, played by a simpering Disha Patani, comes to Jack for help and they are off on an adventure to find the treasure. Tong strains to create a souped-up, multicultural Indiana Jones adventure but he seems to have forgotten to actually write it. Kung Fu Yoga feels like a film that was made up on the spot. The action lurches from China to Tibet to Dubai to Rajasthan. Much fuss is made about a 212 carat diamond. And at one point, Chan ends up in a car chase with a lion in the backseat.Īt 62, Chan still has the charisma and the moves. His agility and good humor help to lift the leaden script. Sonu Sood gets to stand around in snazzy jackets and snarl but his half-hearted villainy has no bite. This isn’t a nuanced take on either culture. So easily a skippable film of the year, which has a big name in it.Director Stanley Tong, who has also written the story, is big on simplicity and stereotypes. Overall the film was overwhelmed by lots bad parts. Because it looks more like a parody than a distinct one. Those who are seeking treasure hunt film, just stay away from it. It's good for the real life, but not good for an entertainment film. She just read them rather than expressing naturally as any actors do in the world. I could not stand for her dialogue deliverance. She's a real beauty, but the performance was worse than the film's graphics. There are many good actresses in India, but they have picked Disha Patani. Promoting the unrealistic road projects in the film was a bad idea, and enough reason to flop in India. Might be the worst Jackie Chan film I've ever seen. This is a watchable film, but no good at all. Though not bad how those two were utilised to tell the tale. One is violence and the other one is peace and healthy. Like the polar opposite, two different philosophies. I thought it was a bad combination of words for a title. They made it to just to keep the promise made by the politicians, so it was wrapped up awfully. It seems nobody was interested to participate or make a quality film. Surely this film was not made under the art and the film-making value. I mean too much unrealistic, I felt it like I was watching some kind of commercial Tollywood/Rajamouli film. The stunt choreography was unbelievably terrible. So I lost the interest in the film within the first sixty seconds. Even computer games have much better CGI work. The graphics were very poor in that part. ❝'Vastu Shastra', the oldest book ever written about architectural design.❞ The opening scene sets in some thousand years ago. But it was interrupted by a group of armed men and soon the tale flies to Dubai, followed by Western India, where it comes to end with lots of action and adventures. It's the first and an important clue for the rest of the treasure hunt. Equipped with the modern technological tools, the crew heads for a frozen lake in the Himalayas. The story follows the famous Chinese archaeologist Jack, who teams up with his Indian counterpart for a new quest. Like his signature, action-comedy, nothing new to appreciate either his part or the film. His presence failed to do the usual magic. Literally, it is a retelling story of those great treasure hunt adventure films we had seen so far in our life. It should have been a star studded cast, but from the Chinese side, it does, not on the Indian side. Team up between India and China is a rare thing in filmdom, so I was curious about that. Just an another 'The Myth' from the same director. Like always any Chinese product, this is not a quality product. So except Indian cast participation and a few Indian locations, this is completely 'made in China' and for the Chinese market. More like it is China's move to mend the relationship with India. The project was decided when two leaders of the respective nation met a couple of years ago. So except Indian cast participation and a few Indian locations, this is When two different ancient arts meet.
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