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Plot: A betrayed intelligence officer enlists the aid of a prostitute to prove his innocence from a deadly conspiracy while returning a favor to her.
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MCT:July 2, 2008This Luc Besson flop flopped because it suffers from schizophrenia. On the one hand, Karyo's character was so over the top that early on it becomes impossible to take the film seriously. On the other hand, the movie tries so hard to convince the audience to take it seriously by inserting Fonda's character and her ineffective melodrama. The film's producers were so scared of alienating US audiences with subtitles that it elected to make English the official language of France and China. Jet Li's obligatory homage scene to Bruce Lee was savaged by poor camera angles. The ending was laughable. In other words, this film sucks.
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Jet Li's follow up to the lacklustre 'Romeo Must Die' promised us a mixture of Luc Besson's 'Nikita' and Jet's finest hour (and a half) 'Fist of Legend'. I almost laughed when I heard that claim, however, my expectations were still high.
There are many good things to come out of this film, with the amount of action being one. From start to finish there are a number of highly violent, stylish and competently choreographed fight sequences. 'Fist of Legend' they ain't, but they jump over and above anything seen in previous American action films (barring 'Drive' and 1 scene in 'The Matrix'), and they?re streets ahead of RMD and 'Rush Hour'. On the downside, good choreography is not the be all and end all of a good fight scene. Camera positioning, editing and music all combine to create the scene, and this is where Hong Kong movies still reign supreme. For all Yuen Kwai and Jet's efforts, it is the MTV-style editing and close-up camera-work which reduces your viewing pleasure. You end up feeling a little sea-sick, wishing the camera man would stand still and the editor would put his scissors away.
The movie has a nice feel to it, with larger than life characters and great scenery. Jet is more assured in his quiet and moody mode, more reminiscent of his Lethal Weapon 4 role than RMD?s almost schizophrenic bad guy/good guy. Bridget Fonda is nowhere near as annoying as some people have made out, while Burt Kwouk is always entertaining. It also had me laughing out loud at one point when Jet is approached in a Bar with the phrase: "Men?s toilets. Now!"
A lad's with lager film, but one that doesn't fail in it's objective: Jet Li kicks ass?violently?and lots of it. I'm still waiting for another 'Fist of Legend' and fear I always will be. -
MCT:June 29, 2008I saw this late night on TV; exactly where you should see it. Jet li is good with teh martial arts and Bridget Fonda does her best in what is a very thin script. The villian overplays his part which detracts.
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MCT:June 28, 2008
Was great for this type of movies, Jet performed great real stunts (although some scenes are laughable) but it had a decent story.
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MCT:June 15, 2008I find that Jet Li plays a different role in this movie thanks to that prostitute. XD Fights are great.
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pavacri23posted 71 days ago -
this movie was awesome. i'm usually not a huge fan of martial arts movies. but i was thoroughly entertained throughout this ENTIRE movie. go and see it if you havn't. !!
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