If you need a reason to check out the fantasy-action thriller Mystery Of Dragon’s Seal: Journey To China, how about the fact that it has Jackie Chan teaming up with Arnold Schwarzenegger?

From the trailer, it is obvious that Chan and Schwarzenegger play enemies, and hopefully, they will be fighting more and talking less in the film. Schwarzenegger plays a prison warden of sorts, and Chan is one of the prisoners.

In an article on tass.com, it’s revealed that Schwarzenegger’s character sometimes stages martial arts fights amongst prisoners, in which he promises the winner a chance at freedom.

Mystery Of Dragon’s Seal: Journey To China is set in the 18th century, focusing on the mapping of the Russian Far East as ordered by Peter the Great, the English explorer. The cartographer, Jonathan Green, ends up in China where he has some unusual encounters, including meeting beautiful princesses, confronting deadly martial arts masters and coming face-to-face with a mythical creature.

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Chan not only stars in the US$48mil-budgeted fare, but he is also the producer. The film is directed by Oleg Stepchenko, and also stars Jason Flemyng and Rutger Hauer.

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Lance Sterling, a cocky secret agent of H.T.U.V. (Honor, Trust, Unity, and Valor), is sent to recover an attack drone from Japanese arms dealer Katsu Kimura in Japan. As soon as the buyer, cybernetically enhanced terrorist Killian, arrives, Sterling breaks in against the orders of H.T.U.V. director Joy Jenkins, defeats Kimura and his gang, and manages to escape with the briefcase containing the drone. Sterling returns to H.T.U.V. headquarters to confront Walter Beckett, a socially inept MIT graduate, and outcast young scientist, for equipping nonlethal weapons into his suit. Walter tries to convince Sterling that there is a more peaceful way to save the world, but Sterling fires him before he can explain his latest invention: “biodynamic concealment”.

Sterling discovers the briefcase to be empty and is confronted by Marcy Kappel, a security forces agent, who reveals footage of Sterling (actually Killian in a holographic disguise) leaving with the drone, labeling him as a traitor. Sterling escapes the H.T.U.V. and decides to track down Walter to help him disappear. Meanwhile, Killian breaks into the H.T.U.V. weapons facility.

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While searching Walter’s home for his invention, Sterling unknowingly ingests the concoction and transforms into a pigeon. Before Walter can try to change him back, Marcy and other H.T.U.V. agents chase the duo through the city, but they escape in Sterling’s spy car. The two track down Kimura to a resort in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. There, they learn of Killian’s whereabouts in Venice, Italy before Marcy and the H.T.U.V. can capture them again. On their way to Venice, Walter attempts to make an antidote but fails.

Arriving in Venice, Walter is confronted by the H.T.U.V., who are unaware of Sterling’s condition. Revealing that she knows about Wendy, Walter’s mother who was a police officer and died on duty, Marcy tries to convince him to help turn Sterling in, but Walter refuses. Suddenly, a drone distracts the H.T.U.V. and allows Walter and Sterling to escape. The two discover the drone carrying the H.T.U.V. agent database, and Walter manages to retrieve it. However, Killian shows up, takes the database, and prepares to kill Walter. With help from hundreds of pigeons in the surrounding area, they distract Killian and flee. Disguised as Sterling once more, Killian escapes the H.T.U.V., shaking Marcy’s suspicions of Sterling upon her seeing him with a robot hand.

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Whilst underwater in a submarine, Walter reveals he planted a tracking device on Killian and locates him at the weapons facility. Walter manages to perfect the antidote and successfully turns Sterling human again. Reaching Killian’s hideout, Sterling is concerned about Walter’s safety and sends him away in the submarine. Once inside, Sterling confronts Killian but is defeated and captured as Killian reveals he has mass-produced hundreds of drones to target everyone at the agency using the database for revenge. Noticing Walter returning in the submarine, Killian destroys it; unbeknownst to them, Walter survives with one of his inventions.

Once Walter frees Sterling, the two escape and contacts Marcy for support as the drones approach H.T.U.V. headquarters in Washington D.C. Walter attempts to hack into Killian’s bionic arm, but he realizes this and tries to flee with a drone, but Walter catches up. Walter risks his life by trapping Killian in one of his protective gadgets and deactivates the villain’s arm as he falls, but Sterling, who has turned himself back into a pigeon, flies for the first time and carries him to safety with help from other pigeons, and Killian is apprehended and arrested for his crimes.

Despite saving the world, Sterling and Walter are fired for disobedience. Although they are later reinstated by the H.T.U.V. as the agency could learn from Walter’s more peaceful ways of handling villainy.

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Following a broadcast by the supposedly late Emperor Palpatine, Kylo Ren obtains a Sith Wayfinder device, leading him to the uncharted planet Exegol. There, he finds a physically impaired but an alive Palpatine, who reveals that he created Snoke as a puppet to control the First Order and lure Kylo to the dark side. Palpatine unveils a secret armada of Star Destroyers and tells Kylo to find and kill Rey, who is continuing her Jedi training under Resistance leader Leia Organa. Finn and Poe Dameron deliver intel from a spy that Palpatine is on Exegol; Rey has learned from Luke Skywalker’s notes that a Sith Wayfinder can lead them there. Leia reveals that an ally on Pasaana may be able to help. Rey, Finn, Poe, Chewbacca, BB-8, and C-3PO depart in the Millennium Falcon.

The group encounters Lando Calrissian, who points them to the Wayfinder’s last suspected location. Kylo learns where Rey is through their Force bond and travels there with the Knights of Ren. Rey and the others discover the remains of the assassin Ochi, his ship, droid, and dagger inscribed with Sith text, which C-3PO’s programming forbids him from interpreting. Sensing that Kylo is nearby, Rey goes to confront him. The First Order captures the Falcon, Chewbacca, and the dagger; Rey, attempting to save Chewbacca, accidentally destroys a First Order transport with Force lightning. The group escapes on Ochi’s ship, presuming Chewbacca to have died in the explosion.

Poe suggests traveling to Kijimi to have the Sith text extracted from C-3PO’s memory. The process wipes C-3PO’s memory but reveals coordinates to a Wayfinder on Kef Bir.[8] Rey senses that Chewbacca is alive, and the group mounts a rescue mission. While Kylo searches for Rey, the group infiltrates his Star Destroyer with the help of Zorii Bliss, an acquaintance of Poe’s. Rey recovers the dagger and has visions of her parents being killed with it. Kylo informs her that she is Palpatine’s granddaughter; the Sith lord had ordered Ochi to recover Rey as a child, but her parents hid her on Jakku to protect her. General Hux saves Poe, Finn, and Chewbacca from execution, revealing himself as the spy. He permits the group to escape on the Falcon but is executed for treason.

The group arrives on Kef Bir. Jannah, an ex-stormtrooper and Resistance sympathizer, leads them to the remains of the second Death Star, where Rey locates the Wayfinder. Kylo, having tracked the group to Kef Bir, destroys Rey’s Wayfinder and asks her to help him supplant Palpatine. Leia, dying, calls to Kylo through the Force, distracting him as he duels with Rey, who impales him. Sensing Leia’s death, Rey heals Kylo and takes his ship to exile herself on Ahch-To. Luke’s Force spirit encourages Rey to face Palpatine and gives her Leia’s lightsaber. Rey leaves for Exegol, using Kylo’s Wayfinder. Kylo converses with a memory of his father, Han Solo; he throws away his lightsaber and reclaims his identity as Ben Solo. Palpatine has a Star Destroyer obliterate Kijimi as a show of force.

At the Resistance base, R2-D2 restores C-3PO’s memory. The Resistance follows Rey’s coordinates to Exegol, where she confronts Palpatine; he demands she kill him to transfer his spirit into her. Lando brings reinforcements from across the galaxy to join the battle. Ben arrives to help Rey, overpowering the Knights of Ren. Recognizing Rey and Ben as a rare Force dyad, Palpatine drains their power to rejuvenate himself. He attacks the Resistance fleet with Force lightning and incapacitates Ben. Rey, weakened, hears the voices of past Jedi, who lend her their strength. Palpatine attacks her with his lightning, but Rey deflects it using the Skywalker lightsabers, killing him and herself. A severely injured Ben revives Rey by transferring the remainder of his life force into her. Rey kisses Ben; he dies and his body vanishes, becoming one with the Force. The Resistance destroys the remainder of Palpatine’s armada.

As the Resistance celebrates, Rey visits the abandoned Lars homestead on Tatooine, where Luke grew up. She buries the Skywalker lightsabers, having built her own. A passerby asks her name; she replies, “Rey Skywalker” to honor the memory of Luke and Leia.