Overrated and overhyped

Crappy film

As Good As It Gets

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

"Robin-B-Hood" is one of the better recent Jackie Chan movies I have seen. Why? Well, obviously because of the trademark Jackie Chan action sequences, but also because of the story in the movie.Jackie Chan (playing Fong Ka Ho) and Louis Koo (playing Octopus) are two professional burglars that live extravagant lives that require a lot of spending money, and get hired for job that promises million of Hong Kong dollars, though Michael Hui (playing Landlord) fails to inform his burglar associates that the job is to kidnap a baby. Fong Ka Ho and Octopus get attached to the baby, and then things start to escalate to a wild thrill-ride.Jackie Chan puts on a great performance in this movie, as expected, and he is doing all of his trademark action and stunts, lots of action and comedy here. And he is well accompanied by Louis Koo who also puts on a good performance. I am a huge fan of Asian cinema and used to live in Hong Kong so I am no strangers to the Hong Kong cinema, and I must say that Charlene Choi (playing Pak Yin), despite her small role, actually put on one of her best performances ever. It is nice to see that she is finally growing into a good actor and is over that sugar-coated silly comedy that she made when she was younger.The story in the movie have several aspects and depths and all work out quite nicely coming together full circle at the end. "Robin-B-Hood", despite the somewhat stupid title, is a really great action and family movie. Very suitable for fans of Jackie Chan or people in for an evening with the family. And I must underline that "Robin-B-Hood" is a MUST for all Jackie Chan fans. Sure he is getting older, but the man is still performing amazing stunts and spreading his good humor.I was thoroughly entertained from the start of the movie until the very end. And I purchased the 2-disc Ultimate Edition from Amazon, and will definitely be giving the extra materials on disc 2 a go later on today.

Eschewing his sparkling-clean good guy image, Jackie Chan teams up with Louis Koo (THROW DOWN) in ROBIN B HOOD to kidnap a child. There are, of course, the requisite action scenes involving some bone-crushing full contact martial arts and at least one clearly death-defying stunt by Chan: he descends the outside of a towering apartment building by dropping from one air conditioner to the next, all the way to the ground. It's a breath-taking descent and is reason enough to see this one, but the real surprise are the characters. There's an elderly woman whose child was stillborn who walks around cuddling a lifesize baby doll. It's a genuinely sad thing to see. The kid, too, steals his share of scenes. And let's not forget the horrors of diaper-changing: you'll never see this kind of thing, done this way, in a Hollywood movie- I guarantee it.

Its sad to see Jackie with make up on to try and make him look younger! His face look so stretched...like many of Jackies post Police Story (1985) movies, it seems as if he is trying too many facets in his character. Whilst he maybe showing a certain ability to act, I found the story going from comedy to action movie to drama to be a bit too much. Jackie CAN act though thats for certain. Jackie stars alongside Louis Koo (Election) and Michael Hui (Cannonball Run)as a team of burglars who somehow get mixed up in a family feud involving a baby, a father driven mad by the loss of his fanatical son, Inspector Steve (Yuen Biao), relationship issues, and a loopy wife who carries a doll. Entwined in all of this is Jackies trademark action, still ever impressive after all these years.

People know Jackie Chan as Drunken Master. They know him as a crime fighting hero who always has to put the innocent before him. Rob B Hood is Jackie Chan as a robber who works with his partner and his boss. This movie was excellent from Jackie's amazing scenes to his amazing comedy in acting. After watching this film, I was stunned with how sad it mad me. To describe this movie very shortly is saying... ...imagine a world when Jackie Chan is an evil robber who turns into a caring person for a young infant. He has to "mother" to a young little boy with his crime committing friend. In the end, this film has a very good ending, not a pish posh ordinary one. Reference: Check out the movie, Tsotsi. Rob B Hood and Tsotsi are very much alike with life growing experiences.