Legendary martial arts superstar Jackie Chan (The Shadow’s Edge, The Foreigner) is returning to the Armour of God franchise with Armour of God 4: Ultimatum.
The upcoming film will be directed by Kazakhstan’s Robert Kun, who is perhaps best known for his role as second unit director on Disney’s The Last Warrior franchise (2017-2021), as well as stunt/action choreography work on 2008’s Wanted, 2015’s I Am Dragon and 2024’s Major Grom: The Game (you can find out more about Kun in a recent interview below).
It should be noted that the Kazakhstan-produced Armour of God 4: Ultimatum is the first in the franchise that’s not affiliated with a Chinese production company (the previous films were produced by Golden Harvest and Emperor Motion Pictures), which can possibly change in the course of its pre-production roll out (there have been China-Kazakhstan co-productions, such as 2018’s Composer).
The franchise – regarded as “Hong Kong’s answer to Indiana Jones” – started with 1986’s Armor of God, where Asian Hawk (Chan) embarks on a quest to recover mystical relics while battling a cult gang. The 1991 sequel, Armor of God II: Operation Condor (aka Operation Condor), has Hawk hitting the desert for Nazi gold. In 2012’s Armor of God III: Chinese Zodiac (aka Chinese Zodiac), Hawk hunts the stolen heads of China’s legendary zodiac statues.
The first Armor of God is notoriously known as “the film that nearly killed Jackie”. During the filming of the opening sequence, a scene called for Jackie to jump from a wall to a tree branch. In one of the takes, the branch broke, sending Jackie 5 metres to the ground, resulting in cracked skill with a piece of bone up into his brain (all of which can be seen in the film’s end-credit sequence).
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Armour of God 4: Ultimatum starts production in Spring 2026 from Salem Entertainment (Kazakhstan).
We’ll keep you updated as we learn more. Until then, check out an interview with Kun followed by the Trailers to the original films:
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I’m hoping this movie is actually good.
I, on the other hand, would suggest not getting your hopes up … I love Jackie’s classics movies (say, from Snake In The Eagle’s Shadow up to Drunken Master 2, or thereabouts) but it’s gotten to be kind of painful watching a 70 something Jackie Chan try to keep making action movies, aging is unavoidable, he should be starring in serious dramas now.
Agree, but there are a few movies that stand out pretty good in the later part of his career:
Shinjuku Incident:
https://cityonfire.com/shinjuku-incident-2008/
The Foreigner:
https://cityonfire.com/the-foreigner-2017-review-the-chinaman-jackie-chan-martin-campbell-pierce-brosnan/
The Shadow’s Edge:
https://cityonfire.com/the-shadows-edge-2025-review-jackie-chan-latest-new-movie-tony-leung-martial-arts-kung-fu-new-trailer/
And New police city, and Little big soldier.
I’ve read it won’t happe, it was just a publicity “stunt”.
https://celestial-empire.fr/armour-of-god-4-un-projet-kazakh-sous-haute-confusion/