“Kung Fu Yoga” is a disastrously bad Chinese/Indian movie starring Jackie Chan (“Rush Hour”, “Armour Of God”). The film was directed by Stanley Tong (“Mr. Magoo”) has directed some of the best Jackie Chan movies including “Rumble In The Bronx” and “First Strike” but this is just awful. “Kung Fu Yoga” also serves as a sequel to “The Myth”, which Chan and Tong also made together.

Archaeologist Jack (Chan) is on an adventure that will take him from Tibet to Dubai to India as he seeks ancient treasure that links together the nations of China and India. He finds himself up against a powerful adversary (Sonu Sood “Dookudu”), who is after the treasure for himself.

Jackie Chan really shows his age here. He does very little during the fight scenes and it’s a real shame. He’s given terrible dialog and he’s surround by way too many other characters. The bad guy is pretty unremarkable. I didn’t care about any of the other characters whether they were the Chinese ones or the Indian ones. Throughout the movie, there are also various animals including a lion and a snake. They look so synthetic. A younger Jackie Chan worked with real snakes and lions so it’s a big disappointment to see him resort to using special effects.

The fight scenes are lame, the dialog is cringeworthy, the Bollywood-style song and dance at the end is horrendous, the special effects are ugly and the whole movie just feels like a shameless attempt to attract Indian audiences. Chan was already a superstar in India (and across the entire world), he doesn’t need to pander to a specific crowd to attract an audience. The whole movie is unimpressive from the opening scenes to the time the credits roll. “Kung Fu Yoga” is easily one of the worst Jackie Chan movies. Go and watch “Chinese Zodiac”, “Armour Of God” or even “The Myth” if you want a better adventure film with Chan.