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Information
- A.k.a.
- Little Big Soldier
- Year
- 2010
- Runtime
- 96 min.
- Director
- Sheng Ding
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Comedy
- Rating *
- 7.0
- Votes *
- 10,129
- Checks
- 491
- Favs
- 27
- Dislikes
- 8
- Favs/checks
- 5.5% (1:18)
- Favs/dislikes
- 3:1
Top comments
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Siskoid
Jackie Chan's recent film, Little Big Soldier, was this week's Kung Fu Friday selection, a pleasant mixture of Chinese historical war epic and tragi-comedy that sees Jackie as a clownish soldier trying to bring in his captive, a princely general (Leehom Wang). It's a buddy picture, so they'll become friends after a sort, and there's plenty of action even if Jackie keeps his stunts in the "bumbling, accidental hero" mode. It's also a rather emotional performance from him, as his character reflects on war and the importance of putting down roots, with proper lyrical direction to give it more resonance. My only misgiving is a tonal problem with the ending. It's not that it's more tragic than what we're used to in a Jackie Chan film, it's that it is undercut by the inevitable montage of bloopers that end every Jackie film (and without subtitles too, jeer!). 8 years 9 months ago -
kaffy
Some people may be turned off by the non-traditional storyline; there is no traditional hero's journey, the only woman we see is not a love interest,
in this film. That said, is it possible to want an actor to simultaneously play two roles at once? While the actor that plays the young general is well within his element, my heart leaps at the thought of a young Chan as the general and the older, yet still brilliant Chan in his role as the Liang soldier. Perhaps in another lifetime...
By the way, Jackie Chan is so great in this and you will love him, but he could be slow dancing with a broom for 180 minutes and I'd be applauding and whistling the whole time. 11 years 1 month ago -
