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Namiya - Drunk Monk - 08-10-2018
Where do we post airplane movies again? Here?
This is a Jackie Chan film from last year where he doesn't do any Kung Fu. He doesn't even have a fight scene. And it's not a comedy. It's a time travel karma tale about a mailbox that connects letters from 25 years ago, and Jackie plays his old wise dude characters ala the antique shop owner in Forbidden Kingdom/Ninjago who gives advice to people via letters, sort of a Dear Abby but it's Dear Jackie. It's convoluted as there are like half a dozen story arcs all tangled up with time. I'm sure there were time paradoxes but it was fairly tightly written and I enjoyed it for that. Lately, JC flicks are highly autobiographical - The Foreigner & Bleeding Steel had daughter issues and Jackie has those. This film was more about him coming to terms with advice he's given out and being a role model and whether it was really good in the end or not. A heartwarming film, much better than I expected because I thought Jackie was only a cameo but is actually the lead. Not really recommended however, unless you're a super stalwart JC fanboy like me.