I am really beginning to think that Jet Li and Jackie Chan are just looking for big pay days at this point in their career. After many years of the of being the number 1 and 2 in their genre(who is 1 one and who is 2 is up for debate) they are finally making a long awaited film together. Not only that they are rumors a SECOND Jet Li and Jackie Chan film now.
Too me it just seems they are cashing in and almost 'selling out'. Jackie Chan is 53 and Jet Li is 44. How much longer can Jackie Chan jump off of bridges? How much longer can Jet Li maintain his Wushu skills on screen? I am sure these are questions they have thought about. So why not go out with a bang right? A financial bang that is.
There is no doubt in my mind that Jet and Jackie have a hit on their hands with the Forbidden Kingdom. This film is going to be a cash cow. I wonder if the two of them had this planned out from the beginning. A plan to make the fans wait years for a Jet Li and Jackie Chan collaboration.
To wait for a really big pay day. They both are successful and wealthy already. Jackie Chan has made a ton of money with his Rush Hour films. Jet Li has excelled as a action favorite both in his homeland and in America. Is Forbidden Kingdom going to surpass everything else they did fanatically though? I think so. I think they know it too.
Now the rumors are coming out about a second Jet Li and Jackie Chan film. I hope the next one will be more of a authentic Kung Fu film. Or maybe at least a Chinese language film some of the more casual fans and really see what a real Chinese action film is like
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