Scott Adkins (“Ninja”, “Triple Threat”) and Dolph Lundgren (“Red Scorpion”, “Rocky IV”) star in “Legendary”, a rather underwhelming picture. With two action stars, you would really expect there to be a lot of action in this movie but this is definitely more of an adventure film.

Travis Preston (Adkins) has chosen to dedicate his life to finding mysterious and dangerous creatures. However, he is facing legal challenges from an ex-colleague, Harker (Lundgren), after an attempt to capture a giant bear went wrong. Now, Travis and his team have gone to China, in search of a ‘monster’ attacking a construction site. Travis must race against the clock to capture the creature as Harker is also there and he intends to kill it.

It’s so disappointing to see a talented martial artist such as Adkins not get to show off any of his fighting skills. He gives an okay performance here but I’d have preferred him do his native English voice rather than his less convincing American one. Dolph Lundgren gets barely anything to do. Why cast these two and have them do next to nothing? The other characters are a bore. The special effects are the creatures look really unconvincing. This movie came out in 2013 but it doesn’t come close to matching the effects of 2005’s “King Kong” or even 1993’s “Jurassic Park”. However, the effects here do look better than the ones for the snake in “Anaconda”.

“Legendary” is a pretty dull movie. The idea of hunting for giant creatures is quite interesting but the execution is weak. The casting of two action stars is just frustrating when there are no real fight scenes in the movie. Unless you really want to have seen every Adkins or Lundgren film, there’s no real point in seeing this movie. The “Jurassic Park” franchise as well as the “King Kong” films will do far more for you than this movie ever could.