The Medallion
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Short description
The Medallion follows Eddie Yang, a Hong Kong police officer who is caught in a near-fatal accident tied to an ancient medallion. The object grants him immortality and extraordinary physical abilities, turning him into something close to an invincible warrior. Working alongside Interpol agent Nicole James, Eddie tries to uncover the secret behind the medallion and stop a criminal known as Snakehead, who wants the relic for himself and will go to great lengths to take it.
The film is directed by Gordon Chan, whose earlier work includes Fight Back to School and Fist of Legend, and who wrote the screenplay with Alfred Cheung Kin-Ting and Bey Logan. It sits in the middle stretch of his directing career, arriving eight years after Thunderbolt. Jackie Chan plays Eddie, with Lee Evans as Arthur Watson, Claire Forlani as Nicole James, Christy Chung Lai-Tai as Charlotte Watson, Julian Sands as Snakehead and Anthony Wong as Lester Wong. The credited cast runs to forty-two performers.
Released in August 2003 and running eighty-eight minutes, the production had a budget of 38 million US dollars and returned about 34 million worldwide, meaning it did not recoup its costs at the box office. Audience responses were lukewarm: it holds a rating of 5.2 out of 10 on IMDb from roughly 46,000 votes and 5.6 out of 10 on TMDB from around 1,257 votes. A critics' score of 4.1 out of 10 from 124 reviews places critical opinion below even those modest audience figures.
What's left behind the scenes
- The mahjong scene was suggested for inclusion in the film by Claire Forlani.
- Rowan Atkinson was initially considered for the role of Lee Evans. However, he declined to participate in the film due to the small fee offered.
- While filming the final scenes of the film, Jackie Chan cut his face with a metal wire and burned his hands while jumping through a flaming curtain.
- Most of the scenes filmed abroad were shot in Dublin and County Wicklow. Scenes of Irish forests, Dublin port, the castle interior, and the giant cave were filmed in Thailand, as were most of the interior scenes.
- It took 4 months to build the sets in Thailand. 250 Thai workers, with a small number of English people, had to build the interior of a castle that was constructed in a closed stadium. They were also forced to build a giant cave, which was built in a massive warehouse, and an Irish estate, which was built in a fully equipped studio.
- Initially, the film was titled “Highbinders,” and its release was scheduled for May 2002, then February, and subsequently October 2003. Ultimately, Sony decided that August 22nd was the most suitable premiere date. Production was delayed due to a decision to film several additional scenes geared towards an American audience.
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