A Chinese number choreographed to Bollywood thumkas follows. While it’s obvious what follows, how this wraps up is surely beyond imagination. Soon enough, he’s escorted by Randall’s henchmen to a temple that is believed to hold an answer to this mystery. Following scenes where Jack walks nose first into icicles inside exotic caves and wastes countless sports cars in Dubai, he travels to India with assistants Zhu (Yixing Zhang) and Nuomin (Miya Muqi).
But not if Randall (Sonu Sood), a descendent of the previously mentioned Bhima and a millionaire megalomaniac, has his way. There is an odd reference to an ancient Indian treasure in this 1000-year-old tale and eventually, procuring it becomes the sole focus of the film. An animated sequence furnishes a war, where two Chinese explorers are seen fielding a shower of arrows being directed at them by an army of Indian warriors headed by a ruthless leader, Bhima. The film begins with a history class, where Professor Jack (Jackie Chan), one of the foremost archaeologists in China, is narrating a tale of Chinese explorers to a class of yawning students. An Indo-Chinese production, this one also features names from this side of the Great Wall such as Sonu Sood, Disha Patani and Amyra Dastur, who cumulatively fail to make one actor. Why? Because, why not? But those hopeful for more will be sorely disappointed. So even here, while cars somersault like it’s Rohit Shetty’s birthday, the one that has Chan behind the wheel also has a lion in the back seat. In many ways, his action sequences are conceptualised like in an Anees Bazmee film, but executed like a Jet Li thriller. The legendary action star’s ability to duck an attack is as impressive as his strikes and the sheer physical comedy that transpires from the same is unmatchable. His sudden transformation from a villain to a good guy is laughable.Watching a Jackie Chan film is a singular experience. Sonu Sood has played the villain several times before in our Hindi films but you will see him in an English-speaking villain's avatar for the first time and it is a total disgrace to the language. Disha Patani and Amyra Dastur look just pretty and the two have nothing much to act. He will surely impress the kids, must say. Though the film got the biggest opening ever in his homeland China, it lacks logic in every aspect. Looks like, he took Bollywood too seriously! He is cute while dancing but nothing will get in your head because he is talking and singing in Chinese. Over to the actors, this is probably the worst of Jackie Chan movies. The biggest hiccup of the film is that there are no subtitles while the film is in Chinese and English.
The only scene which looks real is when Amyra escapes from the cage surrounded by aggressive Jackals. The scene where Chan and Disha are chased by a VFX-generated orange snake while hanging on the roots just spoils the film. Chan’s car-chasing sequence with a giant lion in his car seated behind is annoying. The scenes where Jackie Chan does Kung Fu to scare a bunch of wolfs is silly. Brain dead action sequences and impractical humour make the film look even more awful.