Director: Chu Yen Ping (朱延平)
Jay Chou (周杰倫)
Lin Chi Ling (林志玲)
Eric Tsang (曾志偉)
Chen Dao Ming (陳道明)
Will Liu (劉畊宏)
Bounty hunter Ciao Fei (Jay Chou) and novelist Lan Ting (Lin Chi Ling) embarks on a journey to seek lost treasure hidden in the northwest desert of China protected by mysterious guardians.
The Treasure Hunter looks to have pulled inspiration from Indiana Jones with Jay Chou using a whip as his choice of weapon and The Mummy with desert as the primary location and resurrection of a general from the grave. I thought the movie also pulled in a little inspiration from He-Man with one of the characters wearing a skeleton mask; taking in resemblance to Skeletor. The Treasure Hunter has it's moments with some unique fighting sequence and special effect with battle between Jay Chou and Will Liu. unfortunately the fighting and sp
ecial effect was not good enough to carry the movie or mask the chessy dialect, chessy staging and bad acting. The final battle scene between Jay Chou and the mysterious guardians was a snoozer. The majestic treasure the team are hunting for and finally found displayed only a few gold bars Eric Tsang had holding in his hands or tucked away in his coat. "treasure is hidden in the water" is just a lame excuse to cut corners in feasting the audiences' eyes with jaw dropping blings. I want to like this movie but I didn't laugh at the punch lines but when they're trying to be emotional. It's such a half baked movie that you can't take it seriously. Only give the movie a try if you have nothing better to do on a saturday night when there's nothing better on tv.
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