A while back, Jackie wanted to be in a drama movie. What a missed opportunity this was! He could have had that in the second half of this movie (in the modern time). Skip all the fantasy stuffs (meteorite, immortality pill, horse kicking, celestial palace etc.), and just focus on the love story that restart in modern time --- this could be a good movie. He had a good opportunity with Kim Hee Soon. Not the best chemistry, but if allowed to developed further, it is so possible. Wonderful song, too, he sang with Kim Hee Soon --- if you know the meaning of every single word in the lyric. Perhaps wrong director and vision
But then, Stanley was the one who wrote the story. His main weakness is focusing on too much action (and CGI!) and lack of substance (drama). The action part was not even that good other than the time when Jackie fights. A horse that kicks on command
I had to chuckle on that one. Not because it's not possible; just the fact that the CGI looks so bloody awful!
