KnotMissPriceless Why so much hype?

Unlimitedia Sick Product of a Sick System

Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated

JinRoz For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

SnoopyStyle It's 1910. China is considered the sick man of Asia. In Shanghai, the foreign powers created a contest with their four champion fighters. Only martial artist Huo Yuanjia (Jet Li) rose to the challenge. He dispatches the three western champions in various disciplines. Only Tanaka from Japan is left. The movie flashes back 30 years ago in Tianjin. Yuanjia's father wants him to learn writing rather than the family wushu. Despite that, he continues to strive to make Huo Wushu the best. However family tragedy strikes and he has to reconsider his life.The fights are terrific and wall to wall. The action is great. The stunt work is exceptional. The story is actually good and compelling. Jet Li is an action hero who provides good emotional acting this time around. Director Ronny Yu brings good work to the film. The fight against the boxer is a great set piece.

jimbo-53-186511 Fearless chronicles the true story of Chinese Martial Arts Master Huo Yuanjia who was one of the best fighters of his time and also the founder of the Jin Wu Sports Federation.Fearless throws us straight into the action and we are treated to an explosive beginning with several impressively choreographed fights. Through beautifully choreography, the Asians seemed to be able to make fighting look like art (when compared to the fight choreography that we witness in films from other continents). This film certainly has style, but it also has more than enough substance to go with it...In the early days of his life Yuanjia just wants to fight for 2 main reasons; 1) So that he is able to defend himself 2) In order to continue to defend his father's legacy. In later life, he sticks to these values and works his way to the top, however he seems to lose touch with his original values along the way. Once he's at the top, Yuanjia seems quite content with his new found popularity and is happy with his new found legendary status. However, being popular and being the toughest can evidently be a double edged sword and both aspect result in devastating consequences for Yuanjia.The second half of the film is much less action orientated than the first half mainly because the second half of the film spends the majority of the time developing Yuanjia's character. Following his time with some villagers, he returns with a new outlook on life and attempts to build some bridges. I think that this is one of the main reasons why this works so well; not only is it stylish, well-choreographed and generally beautiful to look at, but the characters are also well-developed through the narrative.Jet Li was excellent in this film (probably the best I've seen from him). Essentially more is asked of him in the second half, but overall he was solid whether he was in 'martial arts' mode or 'acting' mode.I can't praise this film enough and loved everything about it. The ending is particularly moving and it's a wonderful feeling knowing how influential the real life Yuanjia has been in the martial arts world. This simply has to be seen.

ma-cortes This film tells the story of Chinese Martial Arts Master Huo Yuanjia (1869-1910) , the most famous fighter around the world . Huo (Jet Li) was the founder and spiritual guru of the Jin Wu Sports Federation . Huo takes on two terrible fighters , Hercules O'Brien (Nathan Jones is so large and the beds in Chinese hotels so small, he had to fit three beds together) and Tanaka (Shidô Nakamura) . Huo faced off personal tragedy but ultimately fought his way out of darkness and into history, defining the true spirit of martial arts .A splendid film starring Jet Li, based on the true story of the martial arts master Huo Yuanjia . This moving Chop-Socky displays action-packed , thrills , fast-paced and wild fighting images . It is an action-filled and violent film , being filmed in Shanghai . Director Ronny Yu establishes his signature style of kinetically-paced story-telling through sumptuous imagery , leading to international critical acclaim . The picture is full of tumultuous sequences with frenetic action , surprises , fierce combats and groundbreaking struggles . The rousing fights with deadly use of fists , feet and palms , along with such weapons as swords and sticks .In the movie, Jet Li uses the Jian (Chinese straight sword), Sanjiegun (Three section staff), Dao (Chinese Broad sword), and the Qiang (Chinese spear). Fights , attacks and exciting combats very well staged by expert Woo-Ping Yuen , the result is a strong entry for action buffs . Amid the glamour and grandeur of the scenarios is developed an intrigue between Chinese-Japanese confrontation and about a fighter master who attempts to restore his family's name. Groundbreaking combats between Huo and a lot of enemy fighters ; furthermore , an overwhelming final duel between Huo/Jet Li and Tanaka/Nakamura . Classic as well as impressive Chop-Socky in which wild fighting scenes provide an overwhelming view of Jet Li's skills. Several moves planned by Woo-ping Yuen for Jet Li were deleted by Li for aesthetic and cultural reasons, including cheek slap, and back-of-head slap . Li felt that those moves were too impolite to Westerners . Actors made their owns stunts ; some of the players got injured and to had to be hospitalized during the shooting , some of them suffered mild concussions during filming, after being struck four times during a fight scene . During filming when Nathan Jones was to pick up one of the extras and toss him to the floor, Jones got too into the spirit and the extra ended up going to the hospital with cracked ribs . In addition , Nathan Jones took a fall badly during filming and almost lost several teeth .The motion picture was stunningly directed by Ronny Yu . He began to direct The Servant , the film became the No.1 box office hit for the summer, and Yu's future seemed destined to be in film after all. Throughout the 1980s Yu directed and produced many other box office hits in Hong Kong . In 1986 , he directed Brandon Lee , Bruce Lee's son , in Legacy of Rage . In 1993, the successful as well as romantic swordplay epic The bride with the white hair (1993) . Bride was a huge summer hit in Hong Kong, and also became an art house theater favorite in the U.S. and Europe . In 1995 came the equally ravishing The Phantom Lover(1995), a love story inspired by the original novel of The Phantom of the Opera . Following these nice films, Yu launched his Hollywood career . As he went on to direct Warriors of virtue and The 51st State with Samuel L. Jackson and Robert Carlyle . His flair for visually rich narration appealed immediately to broader Western audiences and has been associated mostly with the terror film genre, as he has revived three franchises with The bride of Chucky (1998), adding some hilarious touches ; then Freddy versus Jason (2003), of the Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th franchises, respectively, where its box office total is more than the two franchises'combined earnings .

diomavro This was one of the first Martial arts movies i watched, after this i backtracked and saw Hero, and a few others movies featuring Jet Li, though i don't wish to compare them, this movie was the one that got me excited about this genre. Where unlike the usual need of fitting in romance, no matter what kind of movie it is, this movie kept to the plot, no distractions. Though I didn't really feel the whole theme of western oppression as much as it would have liked to be conveyed it still gave a strong story, with nice character development whom you root for. I am no martial arts expert, not beyond what I see in video games, but the stances used seemed really familiar to me, and that hooked me in even more, to see possible fighting applications. This movie stays on point, and although it has a theme, its ignorable, and everyone can enjoy it.