CZ12

From Wiki
CZ12  also known as Chinese Zodiac, is a 2012 Chinese-Hong Kong action film produced, written, directed by, and starring Jackie Chan.[2] The film is a pseudo-reboot of a film franchise that began with Armour of God (1987) and its sequel, Armour of God II: Operation Condor.[2][3]
With this film, Chan earned two Guinness World Records: “Most Stunts Performed by a Living Actor” and “Most Credits in One Movie”.

Directed by Jackie Chan
Produced by Jackie Chan
Stanley Tong
Barbie Tung
Written by Jackie Chan
Starring Jackie Chan
Kwon Sang-woo
Liao Fan
Yao Xing Tong
Zhang Lan Xin
Laura Weissbecker
Music by Roc Chen
Nathan Wang
Studio JCE Movies Limited
Emperor Classic Films
Emperor Dragon Movies
Emperor Motion Pictures
Jackie & JJ Productions
Distributed by Hong Kong:
Emperor Motion Pictures
Worldwide
Jackie & JJ Productions
Release date(s)
  • December 12, 2012(Gala premier)
  • December 20, 2012 (Asia)
Running time 123 minutes
Country Hong Kong
China
Language Cantonese
Mandarin
English
French
Russian

Plot

The movie begins by a man telling the story of the Old Summer Palace and how it was looted in the 1700s by the British in the Second opium war. Among the treasures are bronze heads of the 12 Chinese Zodiac animals
In the present day, the bronze heads are auctioned for over a million euros each. The main company supplying the bronze heads and other stolen relics is MP Corporation. JC (Jackie Chan), is tasked by MP Corp to find the 12 bronze heads, with a promise of a huge reward if he can obtain the full set of 12. JC visits a man named Professor Guan under the pretence that he is a report named Martin from National Geographic. When left alone, JC scans the multiple bronze Zodiac animal heads using special plastic gloves so his secret organization can replicate an extremely realistic model of them. After the scanning, he goes to Paris to find a woman named Coco for more information on the whereabouts of two bronze heads.
JC, along with his partners Simon (Kwon Sang-woo), David, and Bonnie, infiltrate a mansion to find two of the bronze heads. JC manages to decode the password to a top secret vault and finds two bronze heads, a painting called “The Roses”, along with many other valuable national treasures thought to be lost inside. JC evades capture with all the valuables but is spotted by Coco. He tells Coco to meet him at a boat house while fleeing from the mansion’s security. At the boat house, Martin tells Coco that he is working for a secret corporation that is trying to recover all the lost relics for China. The guards from the mansion storm the boat house and try to attack JC. However, the police are called in and arrest all of them. JC, Coco and Simon are cleared of any wrongdoing and are released.
Coco, JC and his team are invited to a castle owned by a lady named Katherine (Laura Weissbecker). Unknown to them, the guards from the mansion continue to tail them out of suspicion. It turns out the captain of the “Indestructible”, the ship responsible for destroying the Old Summer Place and taking away the treasures, is Katherine’s great-grandfather. This upsets Coco, who confronts Katherine on the issue. JC and his team find many valuable treasures in the castle, including the Bronze head of the Rooster, and hatch a series of plans to ferry them out. JC promises Katherine that he will help her locate her great grandfather’s remains.

The next day, they venture out in search of the Indestructible’s treasures, located on a seemingly uninhabited island. JC instructs Coco and Katherine to stay behind while his team explore the island. However, Coco and Katherine disobey JC’s orders to look for Katherine’s great grandfather’s corpse. They get entangled among the vines and this forces JC to rescue them. The group accidentally discovers the remains of the Indestructible, several more bronze heads and a large quantity of gold (Plus the corpse of Katherine’s great-grandfather.) As they prepare to leave with all the artifacts, they are confronted by the guards from the mansion. In turn, the island’s local inhabitants, a group of pirates, appear and promptly capture all of them. JC and his team fight their way through to escape the island via a pulley system, leaving the five guards with the pirates.

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