Jet Li, Chingmy Yau, Deannie Yip

A young father and his infant son are beset by forces of evil and corruption. They wander China, upholding their sense of honor and protecting the weak. When they are forced into combat, spectacular a...( read more  read more... )nd hilarious fast-motion kung fu sequences follow. In the end, they must call on all of their abilities in a battle royale, to attempt to vanquish a supernatural man-monster or die trying.

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R, 87 min.

Directed by: Jing Wong, Corey Yuen

Release Date: February 5, 1994

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DVD Release Date: February 12, 2002

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  • February 9, 2008
    Good fights, but retarded plot, yes, even for HK action standars. You couldn't expect less from the Uwe Boll of asian cinema: Jing Wong.
  • September 7, 2009
    It's so boring! Even the fighting scenes, which tend to be great in these type of movies, make you fall asleep. I was begging it would end some day.
    By far, the worst Jet Li movie I've ever seen.
  • September 6, 2009
    Great, fun martial arts flick. Very tongue-in-cheek and light-hearted. Excellent chemistry and performances from all the main Hong Kong actors.
    Jet Li plays a martial art master skilled in the magic spear and in this movie you get to see his skill with spears and the amazing thi...( read more)ngs he can do with it from the opening action scene. His son is simply amazing and funny as a very disciplined young martial artist. On their journey they come across a couple of con-artists (mother and daughter) with the most hilarious results. A hero's quest with a range of other fantastic characters thrown in make for a great comic, action-adventure story.
    Also great for all the family. It explores themes of loyalty and traditional Chinese father-son, mother-daughter, peer, and romantic relationships in a silly but highly enjoyable manner. Highly recommended!
  • September 3, 2009
    Always prefered Jet Li's eastern movies.
  • July 20, 2009
    grt movie..i love this kinda movie..all the time
  • June 8, 2009
    the best jet li movie
  • April 20, 2009
    One of the worst Jet Li movies by one of the worst living directors (Wong Jing). Then again I watched the English dubbed hatchet-job version.
  • March 26, 2009
    Instead of an overly serious martial arts movie, Legend of the Red Dragon doesn't take itself at all seriously and this is its greatest strength. Despite the recent success of Crouchig Tiger, Hidden Dragon, it was not impressed by this movie. It featured too many wa...( read more)y over the top stunts and the plot was amazingly serious and artistic. But here, because the plot and writing are so silly and it's all done tongue in cheek, you can more easily accept the ridiculous but spectacular stunts. While not quite as silly as Stephen Chow's Kung Fu Hustle, it was close and surpassed it in plot, excitement and grandeur. In addition, the idea of pairing Jet Li with an amazing child kung fu master was pretty funny because the child's talents were so ridiculously amazing and impossible. Additionally, while Jet Li played his part very straight, so many of the supporting characters were again pretty cartoon-like. The movie is a wonderful combination of great technique, expert filming and silliness that will thrill lovers of kung fu movies. Unlike Jackie Chan or Bruce Lee's movie, this movie involves far less punching and kicking, relying instead on the amazing use of weaponry and silly physics. By the way, the film is rated R, but I think it could easily been rated PG-13 as the violence wasn't that extreme and there was no nudity or excessive foul language.
  • December 22, 2008
    Very funny!!! cute little shaolins as well..
  • August 22, 2008
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