1986 · action · adventure · martial-arts
Armour of God (1986)
Directed by Jackie Chan1h 37m1986
Jackie Chan stars as Asian Hawk, an Indiana Jones-style adventurer looking to make a fortune in exotic antiquities. After Hawk discovers a mysterious sword in Africa, a band of Satan-worshipping monks kidnap his ex-girlfriend Lorelei, demanding the sword as ransom as well as other pieces of the legendary Armour of God - a magical outfit dating back to the Crusades.
Our read: Armour of God (1986) (1986) reads as a warm, breathless, grounded action · adventure · martial-arts entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, breathless, extreme action / adventure, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- warm
- kinetic
- extreme
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