Donnie Yen, Jie Dong, Kuan Tai Chen

Three young martial arts masters emerge from the back streets of Hong Kong to help the powerless fight injustice.

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Directed by: Wilson Yip

Release Date: July 27, 2006

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DVD Release Date: November 27, 2007

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  • March 24, 2009
    Excellent comic adaptation with superior direction, cinematography and fight choreography. The story is a bit boilerplate, but it serves its purpose to solidify our support for the heroes and hate the villians.

    The real winner here is the fights. They're set up terrifically an...( read more)d executed as only Hong Kong superheroes can. Everything here is predicated on the audience's familiarity with at least some wire-fu epics, but most anime or superhero fans will be up to speed immediately. You don't want to stop the movie to explain things, so it's not for everyone. If you like action that leads to waaaay over the top action, then this is your film. As such, I was surprised at the camera angles and the often beautiful cinematography. There's a few clunker CGI shots, but not enough to ruin anything.

    As always, Donnie Yen is a force to be reckonned with. He wears many hats in this production and its certianly better for it. Too bad we can't see more of this kind of effort in the U.S. (Maybe if this got theatrically distributed instead of some of the other crud clogging up cinemaplexes.)
  • April 17, 2008
    In the first ten minutes, I said "Holy S**t"!!!!" more than once. While this is a fairly typical martial arts movie plot, the action and choreography really make this one look like 'The Matrix' without the CGI. Yes, there is wire work, but my goodness it's impressive to watch. Th...( read more)e leads are amazing, but Donnie Yen really shines again. Amazing fun, if you're into this type of thing...... and, the English dub track is actually pretty good too (for the subtitleophobics). Great kung-fu fun, even for the un-initiated.
  • January 16, 2008
    high kicking comic book to film convert. it's not actually as bad as you'd think it might be. although towards the end it goes a bit "pink power ranger"... and it's def not the x-men... the kicking and nun-chucks (dont know how ya spell nun chucks???!!???) keeps ya well entertain...( read more)ed. also why do asians always have good hairstyles? none of 'em ever look like bums! the thing that did stand out was the filming and choreography. it were a lil' special. still... no tony jaa film
  • October 21, 2007
    I seriously don't approve of this concept of film. Movies like these perpetuate the shallowness of the Chinese. Stop it! I can say it does have some nice shots but for an action movie, this is as generic as they come. Vehicles for the lead trio, really - of which only Shawn Yue I...( read more) can tolerate.
  • February 3, 2007
    Very fun film that kept me entertained all the way through it. You could criticize the story but that's like criticizing Pringles for not being suitable as a main course.
  • October 31, 2009
    This movies story is bad the acting isnt very good and the special effects arent something to throw your nun chucks at but the action makes this movie really good. If you can stand the first half (which some cant) you will be treated to one of the best martial arts scenes ever on...( read more) a baseball bat field. That scene makes this movie what it is, an above par action film.
  • August 30, 2009
    we don't get a nice script and the acting isn't good at all, but the martial arts sequences truly r stunning, and that pretty much saves the film from failure.
  • July 15, 2009
    Plenty of nice and forceful action.
  • June 5, 2009
    survival of the fittest
  • May 30, 2009
    if you can stand english subtitles and enjoy martial arts then this is a fantastic film t watch dragon and his brother tiger are split at an early age and find themselves in opposite corners one fighting for honour the other for a local crime boss allaction movie this film goes i...( read more)nto overdrive to explain anymore ofthe plot would really ruin it but it is deffinatley one to be seen

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