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Seeing Jackie Chan and Jet Li in the same movie is like seeing Arnold and sylvester in the same movie.  It is something you cannot miss.

In the movie, the are a lot of action scenes that you cannot miss.  THe first is the Jackie Chan vs Jet Li fight scene.  That fight inside the temple is awesome.  Jackie Chan starts with his druken fist style then Jet Li counters with the preying mantis style and Jackie counters that with tiger style.  The second scene was when Jet Li fights the Jade Warlord.  That scene is short but seeing Jet Li in a staff fight is very entertaining.  Finally, the fight scene in the restaurant with Jackie against the soldier has a mix of humor and action.  There are many more action scenes but these three are the most memoriable.  Of course there is the last battle between the Monkey King and the jade Warlord, but that seems a little bit too kiddy-ish for me.  It does follow the culture that the Monkey King is a practical joker and doesn’t take anything seriously.  So the fight itself isn’t really serious and even though, it is good, I didn’t like it as much as the previous three scenes I mentioned.

There are many jokes in the movie.  I usually don’t laugh outloud in the theaters but I cannot help it while watching this movie.  Some of the jokes are so funny that you’ll laugh even after the joke is over.  The funniest one is when Jackie try to cast a spell to make it rain in the desert.  He starts the spell very seriously and have a doubtful look on his face.  When he finish you see him getting drizzled by some rain.  But when Jackie opens his eyes, it was the silent monk peeing on him.  I never expected the serious looking person like Jet Li to do something like that.  The second funniest moment in the movie is when Jackie was teaching Jason the horse stance then Jet Li walk by and said ” Very good for taking a dump.”  I was laughing so hard on that one.

I didn’t really have any issues against the movie but I do think the last scene when Jason went back home and beat up the bullies was a bit cliche.  However, I think that would be the best outcome/ending of the movie.  It is also interesting to see that 3 of the actors have 2 different character roles to play.  Jet Li has the silent monk and the Monkey King.  Jackie has the pawn shop owner and the drunken immortal.  Liu yi fei played Golden Sparrow and a chinese girl in chinatown.  One thing I do not understand is why does Golden Sparrow always refer and talk in 3rd person?