Skiptrace

Name: Skiptrace
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Released: September 2, 2016
Duration: 107 min
Rating: 50

2016

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Saban Films | Release Date: September 2, 2016 | PG-13

Summary: For years, by-the-book Hong Kong detective Benny Chan (Jackie Chan) has tried to avenge his partner’s murder at the hands of a drug lord. When Benny learns that freewheeling American gambler Connor Watts (Johnny Knoxville) has the evidence he needs, he teams with Connor to get justice.

Director: Renny Harlin

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Thriller, Comedy, Crime

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 107 min

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RogerEbert.com Nick Allen

Sep 2, 2016

Its story is as common as sunlight, but the entertainment can be just as warm. Read full review

Dennis Harvey

Aug 30, 2016

Skiptrace remains lively, diverting, and essentially good-natured even when it’s cheerfully dumb, exploiting its diverse locations for every last drop of local color. Read full review

Simon Abrams

Sep 1, 2016

Skiptrace proves that nothing can stop Jackie Chan, not even poor judgment. Read full review

Keith Watson

Aug 29, 2016

The film's bloated action-comedy machinery prevents any real chemistry from forming between Jackie Chan and Johnny Knoxville. Read full review

Adam Nayman

Aug 31, 2016

Knoxville isn’t as starry a Hollywood foil to his co-star’s iconic stoicism as either Chris Tucker or Owen Wilson, but playing a jackass is right in his wheelhouse and in one action set piece, he’s very funny as a kind of tightly bound human prop. Read full review

The Playlist Jordan Ruimy

Aug 30, 2016

[Chan] brings energy to a film that desperately needs any kind of life, but there is only so much Chan can do. Read full review

Neil Genzlinger

Sep 1, 2016

Skiptrace settles for a warmed-over plot, tedious fight sequences and humor that’s heavy on crotch jokes and pratfalls. Read full review

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benkristen41

Sep 21, 2016

suprb i think jacky comody actor and actionsuprb i think jacky comody actor and action sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr… Expand

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ECW

Oct 26, 2016

SKIPTRACE is a well-animated adventure. The inherent humor in Jackie Chan's action scenes mixed with the persona that is Johnny Knoxville proved to be very entertaining and joyful.
But, it's not all a bed of roses. Through out all movie length we are cursed by an annoying and inadequateSKIPTRACE is a well-animated adventure. The inherent humor in Jackie Chan's action scenes mixed with the persona that is Johnny Knoxville proved to be very entertaining and joyful.
But, it's not all a bed of roses. Through out all movie length we are cursed by an annoying and inadequate soundtrack.
The comic parts could be very amusing if the music had helped. The scenes are very funny as when Jackie Chan in Bennie Chan's character goes to Russia get Johnny Knoxville (Connor Watts) we receive a nice and very funny scene of action but the music takes away all this fantastic setting, making it dull and exasperating.
There were good and funny moments but you can not enjoy due to "background noise".… Expand

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eagleeyeviking

May 28, 2017

By shifting through exotic locations every five minutes and embracing its genre tropes wholeheartedly, Skiptrace ensures that it remains a completely watchable buddy cop comedy. This is all linked with a threadbare, predictable and haphazard crime plot that the film doesn’t care aboutBy shifting through exotic locations every five minutes and embracing its genre tropes wholeheartedly, Skiptrace ensures that it remains a completely watchable buddy cop comedy. This is all linked with a threadbare, predictable and haphazard crime plot that the film doesn’t care about anyways. It’s the perfect film to play on your TV during a lazy weekend afternoon.… Expand

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EpicLadySponge

Nov 4, 2016

Skiptrace uses Jackie Chan and Johnny Knoxville to put them in a blender to make this weirdly, nonsense of whatever I call this film by its type of background. The result is just a plain "What just happened?" face.

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LeZee

Nov 4, 2016

A con and a cop team up against a notorious crime gang.

This has been done in Hollywood a decade ago, which is now considered as outdated, but Hong Kong and Chinese are doing it now. What I meant was Jackie Chan teaming up with an American star. Though all those films are almost same,A con and a cop team up against a notorious crime gang.

This has been done in Hollywood a decade ago, which is now considered as outdated, but Hong Kong and Chinese are doing it now. What I meant was Jackie Chan teaming up with an American star. Though all those films are almost same, like running and chasing and stunts with the comedic sense. Yep, totally boring, nothing new it it, except different locations and the cast. The Russians addition was new, but in the end it became a joke. That's funny to say, because it is a comedy film.

If you are familiar with Jackie Chan's Hollywood films, then you already know the 90 per cent of this film and for the rest, you have to watch it. A cop from Hong Kong seeking a revenge for his partner's death, so now he has to find and rescue the American con man who stuck with the Russias gangster for the evidence he needed to put the criminal gang boss behind the bar. The adventurous journey they take across the Mongolia is what the film is based on.

This film is specially made for the yuan market, so don't bother if you don't carry yuan in your wallet. Maybe Renny Harlin's worst film I've ever seen. Jackie Chan is the only reason to watch it, but surely you have seen better films of his than this. Johnny Knoxville was just okay and the rest of the cast does not look good. Rewatching 'Shanghai Noon' and 'Rush Hours' films is better than this, so I'm not in favour of it.

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