The Medallion (2003)

Director:

Gordon Chan

Writers:

Alfred Cheung (story)
Bennett Davlin (written by) ...
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Release Date:

22 August 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Action | Fantasy | Thriller

Plot:

A Hong Kong detective suffers a fatal accident involving a mysterious medallion and is transformed into an immortal warrior with superhuman powers.

Plot Keywords:

Medallion | Hong Kong | Interpol | Video Conferencing | Morgue

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Jackie Chan	...	Eddie Yang
Lee Evans	...	Arthur Watson
Claire Forlani	...	Nicole James
Julian Sands	...	Snakehead
John Rhys-Davies	...	Cmdr. Hammerstock-Smythe
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang	...	Lester (as Anthony Wong)
Christy Chung	...	Charlotte Watson
Johann Myers	...	Giscard
Alex Bao	...	Jai (as Alexander Bao)
Siu-Ming Lau	...	Antiquerium Dealer (as Lau Siu Ming)
Diana C. Weng	...	Undercover Woman (as Diana Weng)
Chow Pok Fu	...	High Priest
Tat Kwong Chan	...	Monk
Wai Cheung Mak	...	Monk (as Mak Wai Cheung)
Anthony Carpio	...	Guard Monk
Bruce Khan	...	Snakehead Thug
Nicholas Tse	...	Waiter
Edison Chen	...	Waiter
Scott Adkins	...	Henchman
Matt Routledge	...	Henchman (as Matthew James Routledge)
Reuben Langdon	...	Henchman (as Reuben Christopher Langdon)
Mark Strange	...	Henchman (as Michael Strange)
Hiroyoshi Komuro	...	Henchman
Han Guan Hua	...	Henchman
Neilí Conroy	...	Interpol Receptionist
Billy Hill	...	Miles Watson
Tara Leniston	...	Jai's Nurse
Nicola Berwick	...	Kidnap Nurse (as Nikki Berwick)
Paul Andreovski	...	Kidnap Porter
Howard Gibbins	...	Professor of Archeology
Rick Nathanson	...	Physician
Alfred Cheung	...	Chinese Professor
Mona Lynn	...	Astrologer
Kirk Trutner	...	Hippie Scientist
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ricardo Mamood-Vega	...	Interpol Agent Martin (uncredited)
Uri Schwarz	...	Interpol Agent (uncredited)
Matthew Sturgess	...	Interpol Agent Harrington (uncredited)
Chris Torres	...	Henchmen (uncredited)

Directed by
Gordon Chan

Writing credits
Alfred Cheung		(story and original characters)
Bennett Davlin		(written by) (as Bennett Joshua Davlin) &
Alfred Cheung		(written by) &
Gordon Chan		(written by) &
Paul Wheeler		(written by) and
Bey Logan		(written by)

Produced by
Bill Borden	....	co-executive producer
Jackie Chan	....	executive producer
Willie Chan	....	executive producer
Alfred Cheung	....	producer
Siew-Loong Tim Kwok	....	co-producer (as Tim Kwok)
Candy Leung	....	co-producer
Rick Nathanson	....	line producer
Albert Yeung	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Adrian Lee

Cinematography by
Arthur Wong		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Don Brochu
Ki-hop Chan

Casting by
Leo Davis

Production Design by
Joseph C. Nemec III

Art Direction by
Alan Cassie
Lek Chaiyan Chunsuttiwat
Conor Dennison
Anna Rackard

Set Decoration by
Joanne Woollard

Costume Design by
Grania Preston

Makeup Department
Roisin O'Reilly	....	assistant makeup artist
Simon Rose	....	additional prosthetics technician

Production Management
Narimon Atibaed	....	production manager: Thailand
Veerapol Atibaed Billy	....	production supervisor
Howard Gibbins	....	production manager
Chris Lowenstein	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Douglas Aarniokoski	....	second unit director (as Doug Aarniokoski)
Susan Drennan	....	third assistant director
Sharon Lam	....	first assistant director: Ireland
Nick Laws	....	first assistant director
Lemon Liu	....	first assistant director: second unit
Sylvia Liu	....	first assistant director
Gary Mak	....	first assistant director
Tara McNamee	....	assistant director
Brian 'Joker' Mulvey	....	second second assistant director: Ireland
Suzanne Nicell	....	second assistant director
Ka-Wai Tong	....	second assistant director: Hong Kong and Thailand

Art Department
Ravi Bansal	....	concept illustrator
Graeme Bird	....	model maker
Tony Boston	....	props
Leslie Burns	....	third unit art director
Somm Suthinee Chantakarn	....	set coordinator
Sarawut Chincharoen	....	location
Tamara Conboy	....	graphic designer
Stephen Daly	....	storyboard artist
Tony Graysmark	....	construction manager
Kate McColgan	....	art department coordinator
Philip Murphy	....	props
Boontawee 'Tor' Taweepasas	....	construction buyer
Jil Turner	....	props buyer
Jason Whetzell	....	third unit assistant art director
Arthur Wicks	....	property master
Oliver Wong	....	art director: Hong Kong

Sound Department
John Chalfant	....	sound effects editor
David B. Cohn	....	supervising dialogue & adr editor
Paula Fairfield	....	sound effects editor
Vincent Guisetti	....	foley artist
Wayne Heitman	....	sound re-recording mixer
William Jacobs	....	sound editor
Pamela Kahn	....	foley artist
Larry Kemp	....	sound editor
Larry Mann	....	supervising sound editor
Carla Murray	....	sound editor
Kyle Rochlin	....	foley mixer
Colin Rogers	....	adr mixer
Jeff Sawyer	....	sound effects editor
Simon J. Willis	....	production sound mixer

Special Effects by
Kevin Byrne	....	special effects supervisor: Ireland
Gerry P. Farrell	....	special effects technician
Kevin Nolan	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Nicolas Aithadi	....	lead 3D animator: MPC
Henry Badgett	....	digital compositor
Angela Barson	....	compositing supervisor
Paul Brannan	....	data operator
Paul Brannan	....	render wrangler
Simon Brown	....	lead research and development
Gary Brozenich	....	sequence lead
Peter Connelly	....	digital compositor
Mark Curtis	....	digital compositor
Paddy Eason	....	visual effects supervisor
Paul Elman	....	visual effects editor
Michael Elson	....	head of production: MPC
Matthew Gidney	....	lead technical director
Rachael Haupt	....	concept artist
Rachael Haupt	....	creature designer
Charley Henley	....	digital compositor
Rob Hill	....	digital camera operator
Robin Hollander	....	digital artist
Lorea Hoye	....	visual effects line producer: MPC
Merrin Jensen	....	visual effects producer
Lars Johansson	....	CG supervisor
Paddy Kelly	....	visual effects coordinator
Tom Kimberley	....	roto/prep artist
Ines Krüger	....	digital compositor
Ines Krüger	....	digital painter
Stuart Lashley	....	digital compositor
Sarah Lockwood	....	digital compositor
Dan Neal	....	3D artist
Catherine Nelson	....	digital compositor
Steve Pang	....	visual effects assistant editor
Simon Payne	....	animator: MPC
Olivier Poujaud	....	lead compositor
Richard Stammers	....	digital artist
Jelena Stojanovic	....	sequence supervisor
James D. Tittle	....	digital visual effects coordinator: Pacific Title
Malin Tvedt	....	digital compositor
John Van Hoey Smith	....	data operator
Sheila Wickens	....	digital compositor: MPC (as Sheila Gorman)
Christian Zeh	....	digital compositor
Howard Berry	....	rotoscope artist (uncredited)
Martyn Drake	....	systems: MPC (uncredited)
Richard Yeomans	....	visual effects runner: MPC (uncredited)

Stunts
Ricardo Alexander	....	stunts
Bradley James Allan	....	stunts
Nicola Berwick	....	stunt: knight 2
Paul Burke	....	stunts: Irish stunt crew
Paul Burke	....	utility stunts: Ireland
Marky Lee Campbell	....	stunt performer
Dominick Hewitt	....	stunt double
Han Guan Hua	....	stunt double
David Ismalone	....	stunts
Allen Keng	....	stunt performer
Bruce Khan	....	stunt double
Reuben Langdon	....	stunt double
In Seob Lee	....	stunt double
Erik Markus Schuetz	....	stunts
Giedrius Nagys	....	stunts
Donal O'Farrell	....	stunts
Daniel O'Neill	....	stunt performer
Hyun Jin Park	....	stunt double
Jude Poyer	....	stunts
Frank Reilly	....	utility stunts
Gary Robinson	....	utility stunts
Chris Torres	....	utility stunts
Gang Wu	....	stunt performer
Philippe Zone	....	stunt coordinator
Brendan Condren	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jimmy Lui	....	assistant fight choreographer (uncredited)
Jimmy Lui	....	fight trainer (uncredited)
Matthew Sturgess	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Don Tai	....	stunts (uncredited)
Benny Urquidez	....	fight trainer (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Barnard	....	director of photography: second unit
Darryl Byrne	....	assistant camera: time-lapse photography
Donal Caulfield	....	cinematographer: time-lapse unit
Hugh-Thomas Cavanagh	....	electrician: Dublin
John Conroy	....	focus puller: "b" camera
Richie Egan	....	grip
Robert Hamilton	....	video assist operator
Patric Kickham	....	video assist operator
Seamus Lynch	....	electrician
Anthony Meade	....	additional clapper loader
Philip Murphy	....	grip
Stephen Murphy	....	additional assistant camera
Jimmy Wong	....	camera operator
Jimmy Wong	....	camera operator: "a" camera

Animation Department
Robert Hemmings	....	animator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sue Wain	....	costume supervisor
Kar Yan Yip	....	assistant costume designer (as Karen Yip)

Editorial Department
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
Alan Z. McCurdy	....	first assistant editor
Mark Wright	....	negative cutter (uncredited)

Music Department
Jay Duerr	....	music editor
Gary Lionelli	....	composer: additional music
Gary Lionelli	....	orchestrator
Steve Porcaro	....	composer: additional music
Steve Porcaro	....	orchestrator

Transportation Department
Eddie Cullen	....	transportation captain
Fiona Mulvey	....	assistant transportation captain

Other crew
Lark Bernini	....	production coordinator
Miriam Cahill	....	assistant to producers: Ireland
Sandra Campbell	....	shipping coordinator
Sasha Charuvastra	....	photo double
Catherine Geary	....	location assistant
Donal Geraghty	....	production accountant
Moira Houlihan	....	unit publicist
Sammo Hung Kam-Bo	....	action director (as Sammo Hung)
David Jones	....	photo double
Bruce Khan	....	assistant fight choreographer: Sammo Hung
Matt Kosokoff	....	photo double: Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Thailand
Matt Kosokoff	....	stand-in: Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Thailand
Ashifa Lalani	....	first assistant accountant
Charles Mcdonald	....	unit publicist
John McKenna	....	senior armorer
Johnny Mulligan	....	location accountant
Elaine Nicell	....	assistant production coordinator
Anchittha Phongchub	....	production assistant
Sven Rittershaus	....	photo double
Edmund Sampson	....	assistant location manager
Steve Sandford	....	photo double
Vasit Suchitta	....	prosthetic effects
Clodagh Tierney	....	location manager
Kathleen Weir	....	script supervisor
Diana C. Weng	....	dialogue coach: Mr. Chan
Sabine Wührer	....	script timer

Production Companies

• Emperor Multimedia Group (EMG) (in association with)
• Golden Port Productions Ltd.
• Living Films
• Screen Gems (as Screen Gems)

Distributors

• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) (2003) (worldwide) (all media)
• Screen Gems (2003) (USA) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2003) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Film Distributors (2003) (UK) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Film (2003) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films (2003-2004) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (2003) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Italia (2003) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar (2003) (Austria) (theatrical)
• Herald Film Company (2004) (Japan) (theatrical)
• SND (2003-2004) (France) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2003-2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2004) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar (2004) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Emperor Motion Pictures (2003) (Hong Kong) (all media)
• RTL Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing) (RTL5)

Special Effects

• Team Effects Ltd. (special effects)
• Moving Picture Company (MPC) (digital visual effects)

Other Companies

• AON/Albert G. Ruben Insurance Services  insurances
• Bigdog Production Co. Ltd.  production services: Thailand
• Centro Digital Pictures Ltd.  video dailies
• Cine Art Laboratory  film processing: Hong Kong
• CineFinance Insurance Services  completion guaranty provided by
• Cutting Edge  negative cutting
• DeLuxe Laboratories  color timing
• Dexia Banque Internationale a Luxembourg  bank financing
• Kodak (Hong Kong) Ltd.  film stock supplied by
• Oriental Post Co. Ltd.  telecine transfer
• Pacific Title  titles and opticals
• Roundabout Entertainment  adr stage
• Salon Films  camera and lighting equipment supplied by: Panavision cameras and lenses, Chapman dollies
• Sony Pictures Studios  sound re-recording
• Tai Fung (Tsu's) Co. Ltd.  film stock supplied by

Also Known As:

Highbinders (USA) (working title)
Das Medaillon (Austria) (Germany) [de]
Le médaillon (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
Медальон (Russia) [ru]
El poder del talismán (Spain) [es]
Himmlische Gerechtigkeit (Austria) [de]
Kultainen medaljonki (Finland) [fi]
O Medalhão (Brazil) [pt]
The Medallion (Italy) [it]
To magiko medallion (Greece) [el]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for action violence and some sexual humor.

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

Hong Kong | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:10 | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Malaysia:U | Ireland:12 | South Korea:12 | Netherlands:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Australia:M | Canada:14A | Finland:K-15 | France:U | Germany:12 | Norway:11 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG-13 (certificate #39538)

Filming Locations:

Dublin Castle, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Company:

Emperor Multimedia Group (EMG)

Trivia:

After seeing credited director 'Gordan Chan''s rough cut, Columbia hired 'Doug Aarniokoski' to shoot new sequences and re-edited the film extensively.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When Jackie gets off the chopper you can see the camera in the back window of the SUV that he is getting into.

Quotes:

[When Jackie has Giscard traped in the bins]
Giscard: Ever heard of police brutality?
Eddie Yang: Sounds like fun.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#31.1)" (2004)

Soundtrack:

Super Hero

Jackie Chan is the Man!

I liked this movie even though there are way too many holes in the film. If you compare this movie to the Rush Hour movies or Shanghai Noon, you will probably hate this film. I saw this movie with a laidback mind and expecting nothing more than a fun action movie. That is what I got. The story is about a medallion that has two halves. Each half gives superhuman strength to the user, but you have to be dead first. If the halves are combined, you get immortality. Now Chan and his gang of Interpol cops must keep the medallion and the user, a kid away from the people who want to use the medallion for bad. Jackie Chan is very clever in this film. He acts well and adds a bit of comedy. Claire Forlani also did a great job. Lee Evans was so-so. He can be a bit annoying. The special effects sucked. A rule of advice is never add CGI to a Jackie Chan movie. It will make that movie bad. What is the point of the cat meowing? It made the movie even worse. Overall, this is a good family film, even though it's a bit cheesy. I rate this movie 9/10.