Still, in the eyes of near - sighted Hollywood executives, Chan's star power was proven by the financial success of mediocre chop
suey action films like «Rush Hour» and «Shanghai Noon.»
Having established the «Ninjago» universe, however — a pan-Asian chop
suey of Chinese, Japanese and Korean influences, lent semi-legitimacy by the presence of Jackie Chan in both a Gremlins - style live -
action prologue and as the voice of beard - stroking sensei Master Wu — the film quickly runs out of both ideas and steam, despite having three directors and no fewer than six credited scriptwriters calling its shots.