India is a huge market for Jackie Chan films and he is one of the few Hollywood stars who's name is known by everyone across the country. It was about time that the action star made a film for the Indian audience and he's finally here. Check out the review for Kung Fu Yoga.
Ashmita (Disha Patani) soughts the help of Jack (Jackie Chan), one of China’s leading archeologists for finding the lost treasure of Magadha which once belonged to her ancestors. Jack arrives to India along with his assistants Zhu (Yixing Zhang) and Nuomin(Miya Muqi). That's when he figures out that it won't be a piece of cake to get his hands on the keys to the treasure as a young prince, Randall (Sonu Sood) is also eyeing at the treasures. The journey of getting this key leads to a number of countries and they are also forced to fight wolves, lions and not to mention Sonu Sood and his henchmen. Will Jack be able to find the treasure and safeguard it from the greed of others?
The movie takes no time in spreading the plot and while this is a good thing in most of the cases, it happens so swiftly that it leaves the audience confused here. While there is definitely a good amount of Kung Fu, there's nothing relatively close to Yoga in this flick, minus a small reference to breathing exercises. Taken majorly in Chinese, the film's dubbing could've been much better and the lines, lost in translation, fails to deliver the punch.
Talking about punches, Jackie Chan has done his best to provide the action quotient with his trademark goofiness. But it's disheartening to watch a hero we all grew up watching pulling off something that's no where close to convincing. The trust on CGI animals and other digitally created images should've been kept on the script. Not to mention the stereotypical sequences involving elephants, snake charmers, rope tricks and princesses adorned with rich clothes and too many jewels.
The thin plot hasn't got much to offer and Jackie's attempts to save it with his trademark skills in action and comedy fails miserably. There nearly isn’t anything remotely funny in the film, not even the Indian dance that Chan pulls off in the concluding song. From dialogue delivery to the premise itself, everything looks forced and artificial. The scenes look so fake and a patchy screenplay is a downer.
Sonu Sood get yet another wasted opportunity, as he doesn't have much to offer as the antagonist and his role could've been way better. It's the supporting artists who save film, to a certain extent. Disha Patani recently debuted with the Dhoni biopic in Bollywood and has a long way to go. While she looks pretty, it’s her monotonous dialogue delivery in this film that puts you off. Anegan heroine Amyra Dastur, as the sister of Disha Patani gets limited screen space but delivers a memorable performance.
Overall, Kung Fu Yoga is a pathetic excuse to cash in on the Indian market as there's nothing positive about this film to spend a little more than 100 minutes in a theatre.
Ashmita (Disha Patani) soughts the help of Jack (Jackie Chan), one of China’s leading archeologists for finding the lost treasure of Magadha which once belonged to her ancestors. Jack arrives to India along with his assistants Zhu (Yixing Zhang) and Nuomin(Miya Muqi). That's when he figures out that it won't be a piece of cake to get his hands on the keys to the treasure as a young prince, Randall (Sonu Sood) is also eyeing at the treasures. The journey of getting this key leads to a number of countries and they are also forced to fight wolves, lions and not to mention Sonu Sood and his henchmen. Will Jack be able to find the treasure and safeguard it from the greed of others?
The movie takes no time in spreading the plot and while this is a good thing in most of the cases, it happens so swiftly that it leaves the audience confused here. While there is definitely a good amount of Kung Fu, there's nothing relatively close to Yoga in this flick, minus a small reference to breathing exercises. Taken majorly in Chinese, the film's dubbing could've been much better and the lines, lost in translation, fails to deliver the punch.
Talking about punches, Jackie Chan has done his best to provide the action quotient with his trademark goofiness. But it's disheartening to watch a hero we all grew up watching pulling off something that's no where close to convincing. The trust on CGI animals and other digitally created images should've been kept on the script. Not to mention the stereotypical sequences involving elephants, snake charmers, rope tricks and princesses adorned with rich clothes and too many jewels.
The thin plot hasn't got much to offer and Jackie's attempts to save it with his trademark skills in action and comedy fails miserably. There nearly isn’t anything remotely funny in the film, not even the Indian dance that Chan pulls off in the concluding song. From dialogue delivery to the premise itself, everything looks forced and artificial. The scenes look so fake and a patchy screenplay is a downer.
Sonu Sood get yet another wasted opportunity, as he doesn't have much to offer as the antagonist and his role could've been way better. It's the supporting artists who save film, to a certain extent. Disha Patani recently debuted with the Dhoni biopic in Bollywood and has a long way to go. While she looks pretty, it’s her monotonous dialogue delivery in this film that puts you off. Anegan heroine Amyra Dastur, as the sister of Disha Patani gets limited screen space but delivers a memorable performance.
Overall, Kung Fu Yoga is a pathetic excuse to cash in on the Indian market as there's nothing positive about this film to spend a little more than 100 minutes in a theatre.
