“I don’t consider myself an action star anymore,” Chan says. The film, opening Friday throughout the US, contains its share of battle scenes and swordplay, but it’s not exactly chopsocky. His latest plot-driven endeavor is “Dragon Blade,” a sweeping historical epic about an exiled Chinese general (Chan) who teams with a rogue Roman commander (John Cusack) to fight a corrupt consul (Adrien Brody). And I’ve realized that with a strong story, even a single punch can make the audience cheer.” “But now care about the plot, so I’ve had to adjust my style. “When you look at my previous films, I was fighting from the opening credits to the closing credits,” he says. Nowadays, his films fall in many different genres. “All those years ago I was jumping off tall buildings and leaping off moving buses. The Hong Kong-born star, now 61, is still making movies - most of which are released in Asia - but nonstop action isn’t necessarily his thing anymore. Chan stars in the new film “Dragon Blade,” a historical epic about an exiled Chinese general (Chan) who teams with a rogue Roman commander (John Cusack) to fight a corrupt consul (Adrien Brody).

So it probably comes as no surprise that Jackie Chan is looking to take it a little easier. He once fell while leaping onto a tree branch and tumbled 40 feet, smashing his skull on a rock below. In his movie career, he’s broken his jaw, three fingers and nearly lost an eye.

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