“Skiptrace” is about Jackie Chan playing a retired Hong Kong cop who must team up with an American gambler in Johnny Knoxville to take down a notorious criminal, which took the two of them in an adventure from Hong Kong to Mongolia.
If viewers would care to remember, it is also the same formula that Jackie Chan did with the “Rush Hour” film series where he had the fun adventures with motor-mouth Chris Tucker.
Despite its commercial success, “Skiptrace” has been met with mixed reactions from critics, with some saying that the movie was like a mixture of clichés with the plot and even the stunts are quite similar to most of Jackie Chan’s previous offerings. There are also those who say that his humor no longer works.
But instead of being dismayed with the criticisms, Chan said that he is happy with the results of the movie, citing that “Skiptrace” is actually part of his effort to showcase China to the rest of the world. He said that he has always wanted to showcase more of his native country’s landscape and culture even when he was still doing “The Karate Kid” in 2010.
The actor also revealed that he first thought of the plot of “Skiptrace” around 25 years ago and initially wanted to cast fellow martial arts superstar Jet Li. However, with Westerners becoming more interested in China, he decided to cast a Western actor instead.