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The Medallion

Year:

2003

Duration:

88 min | 108 min (original)

Genres:

Comedy | Action | Fantasy | Thriller

IMDB rate:

5.1

Director:

Gordon Chan

Awards:

2 nominations

Details

Country: Hong Kong

Release Date: 2003-08-22

Filming Locations: Dublin Castle, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Earnings

Budget: $41,000,000

Opening Weekend: $8,111,324 (USA) (24 August 2003)

Gross: $22,108,977 (USA) (19 October 2003)

Cast

Actor

Character

Claire Forlani

The Medallion

Jackie Chan

Eddie Yang

Lee Evans

Arthur Watson

Julian Sands

Snakehead

John Rhys-Davies

Cmdr. Hammerstock-Smythe

Anthony Chau-Sang Wong

Lester (as Anthony Wong)

Christy Chung

Charlotte Watson

Johann Myers

Giscard

Alex Bao

Jai

Siu-Ming Lau

Antiquerium Dealer (as Lau Siu Ming)

Diana C. Weng

Undercover Woman (as Diana Weng)

Pok Fu Chow

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)

Hiro Hayama

Henchman (as Hiroyoshi Komuro)

Han Guan Hua

Henchman

Neilí Conroy

Interpol Receptionist

Billy Hill

Miles Watson

Tara Leniston

Jai's Nurse

Nicola Berwick

Kidnap Nurse

Paul Andreovski

Kidnap Porter

Howard Gibbins

Professor of Archeology

Rick Nathanson

Physician

Alfred Cheung

Chinese Professor

Mona Lynn

Astrologer

Kirk Trutner

Hippie Scientist

Ricardo Mamood-Vega

Interpol Agent Martin

Uri Schwarz

Interpol Agent (uncredited)

Matthew Sturgess

Interpol Agent Harrington (uncredited)

Chris Torres

Henchmen (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Originally title was "Highbinders".

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

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According to tour guides at Dublin Castle in Ireland, Jackie Chan hopped onto the throne during filming. This made him the first person to sit on the throne since King George V.

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Goofs

When Eddie and Nicole reached Watson's house and are talking outside, you see the reflection of the cameraman on the door.

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A shipping container would not sink in water when it is full of air. When the container with Eddie & the boy in it hits the water, it immediately sinks like a stone. But it is still full of air, which would make it like a flotation device. And since the door was unlatched before it was pushed in the water, Eddie could have just pushed it open. In fact, the impact should have knocked it open.

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Interpol has no investigative branch/field agents. The investigative police of the European Union is called Europol. Interpol solely compiles and distributes intelligence gathered by local and federal EU member state police agencies, much like the US NSA, except the NSA has field agents to also gather information and investigate crimes.

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Quotes

Snakehead: [after Nicole falls to her death and Eddie is unable to save her, Snakehead tries to persuade Eddie to join him] My brother... don't be sentimental. It's so... unnecessary. It's so human. So normal. You and I will live forever. We are the lords of time. We can take whatever we want, whenever we choose. What difference can a simple life like hers make to us? We are immortal!

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Nicole James: Watson's family don't know he's an Interpol agent

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Eddie Yang: [Standing next to his corpse] Let me check

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Faq

Why was it changed to Highbender?

The working title of the film was "Highbinders". In the original plot of the film, those who were given power by the medallion became a Highbinder. Snakehead's original goal in the film was to create an army of Highbinders to join in his crime organization.According to the commentary by the editors, "The Medallion" was not American-made, although Columbia-TriStar bought the distribution and editing rights worldwide except in Japan, France, and Hong Kong (but these three countries retain the American cut of the film, the only cut ever made). The original cut was meant to be around 108 minutes, and the plot of the film explained Snakehead's crime organization of human smuggling, and the deaths that occurred from it, as well as his desire to create an army of Highbinders to aide his crime organization. All of this, however, was cut to center on the medallion.

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