Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
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J.L. Reate | ... | The Golden Child |
Eddie Murphy | ... | Chandler Jarrell | |
Charles Dance | ... | Sardo Numspa | |
Charlotte Lewis | ... | Kee Nang | |
Victor Wong | ... | The Old Man | |
Randall 'Tex' Cobb | ... | Til | |
James Hong | ... | Doctor Hong | |
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Shakti Chen | ... | Kala (as Shakti) |
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Tau Logo | ... | Yu |
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Tiger Chung Lee | ... | Khan |
Pons Maar | ... | Fu | |
Peter Kwong | ... | Tommy Tong | |
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Wally Taylor | ... | Detective Boggs |
Eric Douglas | ... | Yellow Dragon | |
Charles Levin | ... | TV Host |
Eddie Murphy plays a detective with a speciality of finding lost children. He is told he is the 'Chosen one' who will find and protect the Golden Child, a Bhuddist mystic who was kidnapped by an evil sorcerer. Murphy disbelieves the mysticism but finds more and more evidence of demon worship as he investigates. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
I would lie if I said that this movie is good, it isn't. The plot is down the drain and so unlogical that it makes my head ache, but the movie does have some qualities. The actors are OK and the footage can't be complained at either and I must add that thanks to Eddie Murphy the movie is watchable and even funny.
I don't know how he does it but his zany jokes keeps hitting the right comedy-button - every time.
So the conclusion is that, in the end I must recommend you all to see it - if not for a brilliant movie but for Murphy's jokes.