Jackie Chan retires from action movies

The 58-year-old actor said he felt “really, really tired” after decades of pushing his body to the limit.

Speaking in Cannes, Chan said that his latest Hollywood outing, Chinese Zodiac, would be the last time audiences see him in a leading action role.

“This is my last action film,” he said. “I tell you, I’m not young any more. I’m really, really tired.

“And the world is too violent right now. It’s a dilemma - I like action but I don’t like violence.”

Chan has been talking of retirement for the past couple of years but said today that this time he really means it.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/cannes-film-festival/9274513/Cannes-2012-Jackie-Chan-to-retire-from-action-movies.html

He deserves that well earned retirement, my childhood was awesome thanks to Jackie Chan.  
 
  

He seriously deserves it, Chan is a great man.

@The Stegman said:

He seriously deserves it, Chan is a great man.

@cyberninja: I agree, and at least we can still look at all the movies that he has already done in the past. He was a great action movie star!

G.O.A.T

Rumble in the bronx was my gateway, But It d@mn sure wasnt his best.

hmm...

He seriously deserves it, Chan is a great man.

  
  To me his best fight was with Jet Li. They went hard 
 
  

Jackie Chan be awesome.
 
You forgot to mention the part where he'll still do other movies.

@shadowknight666 said:

@The Stegman said:

He seriously deserves it, Chan is a great man.

My ninja.

He should have been retired honestly.Jackie is amazing though.

A younger me would have cared.

Still, I saw Rush Hour roughly seven million times when I was a kid. Thanks, Jackie.

Thanks for everything!

Thank you Jackie for all of the funny moments!

@The Stegman said:

He seriously deserves it, Chan is a great man.

  
  To me his best fight was with Jet Li. They went hard 
 
  

I have to say though, I thought it was just making stunts.

I think it's time for him to retire, too. His last movies were terrible IMO. I grew up with his old eastern flicks like Drunken Master, Snake in Eagle's Shadow, Young Master or Fearless Hyena. And his later films never elated me like that ones. Especially the Rush Hour series were big time crap.

Thanks Jackie for giving us hours of joy and fun (even you'll never read this).

Jackie Chan is a legend

If anyone ever earned a relaxing retirement, it's this guy. Thanks for the decades of awesomeness!

Love Jackie, good heart, funny guy and reminds me of dad. Glad he isn't leaving cinema for good.

Thanks for all the memories. You also deserve a rest from long ago but it only makes it sweeter now. Thank you Mr. Chan.

Best fight Jackie had was definitely that fight against those two guys on the rooftops in "Who am I?"
  

@The Stegman said:

He seriously deserves it, Chan is a great man.

yup yup!!

Jackie Chan is the Bruce Lee of our time. Without a shadow of a doubt he deserves it. I think I'll go watch Drunken Master now :D

@MrDirector786 said:

@The Stegman said:

He seriously deserves it, Chan is a great man.

He will comeback, probably just to do American family films where he doesn't have to do much...
 
Jackie > every martial artist ever

He deserves it ,good luck to him.

Time for a Jackie Chan marathon!