Hidden attackis a movie with a trailer released this week, shot in 2018, based on the bundle, but seems to have only been released this year because of one thing or another about the pandemic. Such a long delay from production to release is almost always a bad omen for a movie, but we can now say that the trailer is entertaining enough, and when the movies forgettable, the movie can also be silly enough to be good.
The stars are Jackie Chan and John Cena, one of whom was once known primarily as a self-made stuntman and the other as a professional wrestler, who also performed some acts outside of the ring. squared round. You won’t regret the following two and a half minutes:
What is this movie about? Nonsense jokes and violence, that’s what most American movies are about. the bundle shed some light on its back story, which shouldn’t make any sense to anyone but a studio executive somewhere currently thinking about something else:
The film was greenlit and shot against the backdrop of a particular resurgence in China for Jackie Chan-led action films like “Kung Fu Yoga” and “Skiptrace.” The latter is also a jaunt (partially) in English starring Johnny Knoxville in an apparent attempt to recapture some of the “Rush Hour” or “Shanghai Knights” magic from the late 1990s and early 2000s.
“Skiptrace” earned $131 million in 2016 while previous global adventure film “Kung Fu Yoga” earned $256 million in 2017. “Since then, “The Climbers” has earned 174 million dollars in 2019, but COVID clearly thwarted that growth in earnings for a moment.
Ironically, by the end of 2020, American cinemas were so hungry for the content that Jackie Chan’s action fusion Vanguard became Jackie Chan’s first foreign-language film to be shown nationally since Drunken Master II in the summer of 2000.
However, the reopening of Chinese cinemas has also seen a market tilt towards local Chinese-language blockbusters such as “Hello Mom”, “Battle of Changjin Lake” and “Battle of Changjin Lake”. Moon Man”.
John Cena’s comments during his “F9” tour, which indirectly declared Taiwan’s independence, probably didn’t help. However, “F9” went downhill due to poor word-of-mouth prior to that controversy. Furthermore, “Fast X,” which also stars Cena in a sizable role, has earned $110 million to date, far below “F9” but solid by COVID-era standards for for Hollywood faucets.
This is the danger of reading trade publications, i.e. you can see how sausages are made, for better and for worse. In this case, it looks like the sausage has aged and is probably not safe to consume but any new Jackie Chan movie is a good one and Hidden attack pass that test. Slow down and put in the hole.
