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Vanguard

2020

Stanley Tong

Jackie Chan, Yang Yang, Miya Muqi, Zhengting Zhu ...

4.4

354

Action Covert security company Vanguard is the last hope of survival for an accountant after he is targeted by the world's deadliest mercenary organization.

	Author	Review
United States	Elizabeth Kerr The Hollywood Reporter	Vanguard isn’t a total disaster, and it’s a smidge better than its trailer suggests."	NEU
United States	Dennis Harvey Variety	"This action spectacular seems hellbent on containing every possible marketable genre element, with no concern for whether they cohere or cancel one another out."	NEG
United Kingdom	John Berra Screendaily	"[A] moving but instantly forgettable adventure (...) Chan and Tong were more focused on capitalising on a release date than making a film that stood up to scrutiny outside it."	NEG
United States	Pat Brown Slant	"The film appropriates what seems like every trope of the globetrotting American blockbuster to Chinese-nationalist ends (…) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Matthew Monagle Austin Chronicle	"[It] is equal parts silly and nationalist (...) Even a forgetful Jackie Chan movie is still a Jackie Chan movie worth seeking out (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Jeffrey M. Anderson Common Sense Media	"It's largely weighed down by poor writing, bland villains, and a nonsensical plot"	NEG
United States	Johnny Oleksinski New York Post	"Of course, nobody watches a Jackie Chan movie for the sophisticated plots or deep characters. They come for the martial arts. But those, too, settle for being not much more than a kick in the park (...) 'Vanguard' is one of his blandest movies (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU

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