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List Price: $19.95 | | Label: Dragon Dynasty
Salesrank: 49658
Released: December 26, 2007 |
| Our Price: $4.90 |
| Used Price: $2.45 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Jackie Chan plays a compulsive gambler who turns to robbery to pay off his debts. He gets into further trouble when his buddies try to score a big payout by kidnapping a baby.
Robin B Hood Reviews:
Good parts are good 
2009-09-09 - Jackie Chan is getting on in years and you can't really expect the type of fast and furious action movies that he used to do. Having said that, the action parts of this movie is still good, I can't believe how a 50+ yo guy can do his moves and do his own stunts.
In this movie, he plays a burglar doing his "last" job. What also is notable is the number of older HK movie stars who have cameos here, the movie is literally littered with past HK stars, and some current ones. The action when it's there is still fast and fun, and the comedy is not bad too. The comedy is different from the old style JC type of comedy, and I think better, and I think probably has some Michael Hui input in it. Speaking of which Michael Hui is still outstanding; he shouldn't be retired, he should be out doing more movies. But... and this is a but that all the other reviewers remark on, the movie is too long and there are some boring parts which could have been cut. As usual, the producers or directors try to make this movie more than it is by adding drama to it, but they needn't have bothered, this movie should be shorter and quicker, and left the movie goers asking for more. Instead, the movie goers are looking at their watches wondering when the movie would end.
That that's why I gave it a 4 star instead of 5. Still, it's a fun movie that Jackie Chan fans shouldn't miss.
Well, at least its entertaining 
2009-08-28 - I love Jackie Chan, so it pains me to give this movie a mediocre at best review. There must be some contract with action stars that requires them to do a lame baby movie at least once in their carreer (I'm looking at you Vin Diesel). As to this one, its not per se a bad movie, the action is decent, but the story is fairly weak, following the usual, "I'm so cool I don't need kids around, but wait I reluctantly have to take care of a kid, and after some time really like the kid and eventually must save it" story. There are of course the standard poopy diaper and peeing in the face jokes one would expect as well. So why didn't I give it one star, well, the actors are pretty good, given what they have. And Jackie pulls off a few great action/comedy moments. So in all, the movie is not particularly great, but was watchable. Recomended if you're looking for another jackie chan film, or are really into cliche baby movies.
A big step back for Jackie Chan
2008-05-13 - After regaining some of the ground he lost in Hollywood with his last couple of Hong Kong films, Jackie Chan takes a big step backwards with the overlong Rob-B-Hood, a downmarket three bad men and a baby romp that offers limp gay jokes, comic relief mental illness, family bonding and child endangerment for all the family. There is one fairly good action sequence at the halfway point as well as a neat stunt that sees him jumping down a building via the air conditioning units, but you definitely get the feeling that Chan's no longer pushing himself but is just doing what he knows he can still do while Yuen Biao is mostly wasted in a nothing bit part. He's made worse, but that's hardly a recommendation.
Dragon Dynasty's 2-disc set offers the theatrical version with audio commentary. There's also a variety of interviews and featurettes, but the film is such heavy going you quite possibly won't want to spend any longer on it once you've seen it.
Different Chan
2008-04-11 - The great, unbeatable, real life actionman Jackie Chan is ageing. This of course is not new or shocking information, but it is true. Therefore he has shifted focus a bit in his new film, "Robin B Hood" (for which the English name in China interestingly enough was 'Rob-B-Hood', which to my ears at least sounds a bit better). Although he still fights and leaps and such, it is no longer the main act. The comedy takes over, and I must say, quite succesfully.
There is one big problem with this though. While action and leaping around is universally understood, humour varies from one end of the world to another, and I think that there is a bit of that going on here. If you understand Chinese and Chinese culture and or cinema history, you will probably see more funny things in this film than if you don't. There are still plenty of things that are easily recognized as humourous, but many of the references and a lot of the dialogue is better if you speak Chinese. Nothing surprising about that really.
I think there are enough leaping and figthing (and a visit from Yuan Biao) to keep genre fans happy, and enough humour to keep anyone else satisfied. In short: I think it is a good film. Highly recommendable.
So good...I thought it was old...
2008-01-28 - I got to this review page searching for when this movie was really made.
I considered JC's action scenes in Rush Hour III as an indication he was ready for the "Over-the-Hill Gang", and told myself Robin B Hood was dragged out of a Taiwan vault.
But I was sucked in by the hype on the box, and it did live up to it. The action scenes are reminiscent of earlier films, and it was good to see it was made recently.
Confusing? Absolutely, especially in the first half. Thongs, Landlord and Octopus' characters in the early action scenes segue not at all into some of the other first-half "personal" scenes. I had to rewind to connect Octopus to the early action scenes with the later scenes of him being a total jerk to his wife. Is this that guy we saw earlier, dear?
But, I agree with another reviewer: this is not an American film. Maybe we are too used to characters and plots that follow steps 1,2 and 3.
In the end, I think the plot and character relationships were resolved satisfactorily. Not perhaps to the standard of a professional thriller, but definitely beyond the expectations of a B-action movie.
