Now, before you throw your monitor out of the window, I must say that I like Armour of God. It’s a great action movie, but I feel like it gets more acclaim than it should. The movie follows Asian Hawk, a relic thief, whose latest job involves him stealing a sword which belongs to a full suit of armour called the Armour of God. An evil cult wants Asian Hawk to steal the other pieces of the Armour of God for their religion and they kidnap his former girlfriend, Lorelei (Rosamund Kwan). Lorelei’s current boyfriend, Alan (Alan Tam), seeks his help. They both team up with a rich man’s daughter (Lola Forner) as they try to rescue Lorelei and steal the Armour of God back.
It is actually surprising that Alan Tam does have a few funny scenes towards the end. There’s not only some good slapstick, but there’s another scene in which he acts like a complete suckup, which was pretty hilarious (in a cheesy way). In the rest of the film, he’s quite obnoxious. But I can’t really blame him entirely because almost everyone’s a bit annoying in this movie, except for maybe Jackie. His character’s an enjoyable jerk. But still, everyone else doesn’t do too much in this movie. The dull filler throughout the middle of the film almost ruins the film.
This entire movie is worth watching just for that finale. Jackie’s fight scene against a bunch of monks is one of my favorites, but the scene where he fights the four Amazon women is classic. These scenes aren’t even his best, but they’re so damn exciting. Somehow, Jackie is able to take a movie which is mostly crap and turn it into something great with a few fight scenes.
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