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Miami Herald by Charles Savage
The formulaic movie would be forgettable but inoffensive if it were anyone else posing for blue screen CGI effects.
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There are five writers credited with the script for The Medallion, and between them they don't come up with a single original or amusing or clever idea.
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ReelViews by James Berardinelli
Since the stunts are sub-par and feature considerable computer help, the movie gives the impression that it's trying too hard to be campy and silly.
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Though haphazardly put together, The Medallion stays fairly entertaining until it kills Chan off and resurrects him as an immortal being.
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Portland Oregonian by Kim Morgan
Not that Chan isn't lovable; he is. But he's making it harder to feel warm and fuzzy about him with films like The Medallion. It's OK to age, but Chan needs to broaden his horizons. He is a trained singer. Where's that musical he's always dreamed of making?
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Given the complete lack of chemistry between Chan and Forlani, their rather awkward lip-lock isn't worth $10 to see. Sadly, neither is anything else here.
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Austin Chronicle by Marc Savlov
One of the Peking Opera-trained superstar's most mediocre films, rivaling last year’s God-awful "The Tuxedo" for sheer messy filmmaking and brazen acts of tedium... Abysmal.
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USA Today by Staff [Not Credited]
Longer on action than comedy. But with Chan's affable charm and stunning leaps, kicks and jumps, it's a good-natured and amusing spectacle.
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Philadelphia Inquirer by Steven Rea
Chan's signature mix of screwball comedy and gymnastic derring-do landed him his own cartoon series a few years back, and The Medallion -- with its bumbling spies and bounding star -- is about as cartoonish as live action gets.
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Moves from cheekiness to ineptitude, often in a single take.