The Medallion
The Medallion is a 2003 action comedy film directed by Hong Kong film director Gordon Chan in his first English-language film, who also wrote the screenplay with Bey Logan, Paul Wheeler, Bennett Joshua Davlin and Alfred Cheung
Plot
Eddie Yang is a Hong Kong police inspector co-operating with Interpol in the capture of a crime lord named AJ "Snakehead" Staul. Snakehead procures an ancient book from a Chinese bookstore keeper, which tells the story of a boy being chosen every thousand years to bind the two halves of a legendary medallion. In Hong Kong, Eddie and Interpol agent Arthur Watson lead a raid to capture Snakehead and his men, who are about to kidnap the boy, named Jai. Eddie and the agents fight off Snakehead's men, infiltrating the temple containing Jai. The agents save Jai, but Snakehead eludes them. Two weeks later, Snakehead captures Jai aboard a cargo boat in Hong Kong. Eddie and a team of Hong Kong police engage and defeat several of Snakehead's men, but Snakehead escapes with Jai to Dublin, Ireland.
More details
author | Alfred Cheung Bennett Joshua Davlin Bey Logan Gordon Chan Paul Wheeler |
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contentLocation | Republic of Ireland |
director | Gordon Chan |
editor | Chan Ki-hop Don Brochu |
genre | action adventure comedy fantasy |
keywords | alternate ending another dimension cantonese capture crime lord crime syndicate deleted scene drown dublin edit hong kong hong kong police hong kong police force human smuggling interpol people smuggling police inspector rescue smuggle superhuman strength trap |
musicBy | Adrian Lee |
producer | Alfred Cheung |
productionCompany | Emperor Entertainment Group |
publisher | Screen Gems TriStar Pictures |
theme | action comedy buddy buddy comedy martial arts |