Maybe “Armour Of God” is an “Indiana Jones” rip-off but I never saw Indiana Jones doing any martial arts so I guess that gives you a reason to see this movie. Jackie Chan (“Wheels On Meals”) directs and stars in the movie that almost killed him. Although certainly not Chan’s finest work, “Armour Of God” packs enough action, excitement and humour to make it a good movie.

Chan stars as the ex-singer turned treasure hunter Asian Hawk as we first see him escape from an African tribe in an Indiana Jones fashion. Then Hawk’s old friend Alan (Alan Tam) arrives with news that his girlfriend has been kidnapped by a bad group of monks seeking to destroy the ‘Armour of God’. Hawk and Alan then embark on a daring quest across Europe to rescue Alan’s girlfriend and stop the bad guys from taking over the world.

Acting is not this movie’s strong point. Jackie Chan is so and so but as usual his martial arts skills are amazing. The rest of the characters aren’t too great but they’re tolerable. The interaction is mediocre. The action is definitely what you’ll be watching the movie for and we get to see lots from of wonderful stunts.

Like I mentioned this was the movie where Jackie Chan came close to death. He jumped into a tree, the branch snapped, he fell and hit his head on a rock because of this the movie had to cut out some action so Chan could recover and the movie does suffer for that but it’s still good. The car chases, the ridiculous stunts and the hand-to-hand combat are really good though and along with the decent plot it makes this a Chan movie that won’t just appeal to a small demographic like some of his other pictures. Again, while he has done better stuff this is one Chan film you’ll be glad you saw.