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#JACKIE CHAN FILM MY LUCKY STARS MOVIE#
The movie actually follows Jason Flemyng and a host of supporting characters (a mostly Russian-Chinese cast that also includes Game of Thrones' Charles Dance and, incredibly, the late Rutger Hauer) on a merry chase through various mythologies and magics, some of which can be seen in the trailer. Whether or not Arnold's James Hook is the James Hook makes little difference: he and Chan clearly only appear in this movie for a single sequence. The "Iron Mask" of the title refers to the legendary French prisoner, only Russian, here imprisoned alongside Chan's character in the Tower of London by Schwarzenegger's character, named - I shit thee nay - James Hook. While Forbidden Empire was the highest-grossing Russian film of 2014, this movie absolutely bombed in both Russia and China, making back only 10% of its budget. The more I read about this film, the more intrigued I am.
You'd better watch the trailer to see what I'm talking about: From its title hierarchy alone, it already has the feel of an old-school international action co-production. The trailer bears the title The Iron Mask, but the film also goes by Journey To China: The Mystery of Iron Mask, Mystery of the Dragon Seal, and Viy 2: Journey to China. A Russian-Chinese co-production, it's a sequel to the 2014 Russian film Forbidden E mpire, aka Viy, itself adapted from the same source as the 1967 Russian film Viy. As if trying to prove a point, he also appears in the upcoming The Iron Mask, whose trailer just dropped and is something to behold.
He's made huge blockbusters, tiny little indies, mid-range genre films with auteurs, and a season of The Apprentice. Arnold Schwarzenegger's post-politics career has been wild.