Ke Huy Quan's new film with John Wick's stunt coordinator Jonathan Eusebio at the helm, Love Hurts, is already gaining fan love.

In 'Love Hurts,' the likable actor is stuck juggling a nonsensical Valentine’s Day plot, Jackie Chan-style stunts and various other half-baked ideas.

Even though Ke Huy Quan did his own stunts in the action sci-fi film Everything Everywhere All At Once , which earned him an Academy Award, he was still shocked when he got the call to star in his latest action flick,

The Oscar winner tells IndieWire about getting used to his resurgence of fame - including thinking the invite to his hand-and-footprint ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theatre was meant for someone else.

Ke Huy Quan has said Steven Spielberg influenced his decision to accept this role, and David Fear of Rolling Stone agrees Quan deserves a chance to showcase his skills in a leading role, but this “lazy action flick” isn’t it. Love may hurt, Fear says, but not as much as watching a great actor stuck in a bad movie. The critic continues:

Love Hurts is a weak take on the classic retired killer being drawn back to his old world story. In a word, it's forgettable

A review of 'Love Hurts' with Ke Huy Quan as a hitman turned real estate agent whose violent past comes back to haunt him with ex-partner Ariana DeBose

Ke Huy Quan is glorious in new action movie Love Hurts – it’s just a shame about the rest of it. Here is our review.

After years of having “fantasized” about starring in action films, Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan is finally fulfilling that dream with Universal Pictures’ forthcoming Love Hurts, which he revealed he passed up a couple times before Steven Spielberg convinced him otherwise.