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Twin Warriors

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Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Get the original "Tai Chi Master" instead
Review: The title of the original version of this movie is called "Tai Chi Master", which makes sense since it is about the dude who invents Tai Chi. Get it? Tai Chi Master, as in the master of Tai Chi. Wow, what a complex concept! This is not merely window dressing but is integral to the plot. There are no twins in this movie, unless the Disney/Dimension people think that all Asian people look alike. Heck, the two main characters aren't even related!

The Disney/Dimension version of this is dubbed poorly (when has a Hong Kong movie been dubbed well?) and has a few minutes cut from it. Jet Li's original performance is really awesome and it is just unnecessary to sacrifice it for the mammerings of some two bit American voice over foolio. Same goes for costars Chin Siu-Ho and Michelle Yeoh.

So get the original and uncut "Tai Chi Master" which is widely available at very reasonable prices, despite Disney's attempts to limit your choices as a consumer.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A Masterpiece of Martial Action Filmmaking
Review: Spectacular, heaven & earth-shattering martial arts flick, starring Jet Li and the elegant Michelle Yeoh. This movie should satisfy fans of both.

Director Woo-ping Yuen loves to build structures for his actors to clamber around on, giving his films a multi-dimensional quality. This one is no exception, from the looping sword fight on the wooden pyre to the final conflict on the rope platform. The wooden pyre scene is especially frantic where the combatants move freely above, within, and below the structure, which itself shakes and morphs before your eyes. For the viewer, the overall effect is not simply looking at a stage prop, but feeling the textures and elemental qualities of the pyre. No wonder the Wachowski brothers hired Woo-ping to choreograph their action scenes in "The Matrix".

My favorite line (a taunt to Jet Li): "Are you here to dance, or did you come to fight!?"...right before Jet Li delivers the holy hurt on him.

Just my gripes: the DVD format is treated like a cheapo knock-off from a video chop-shop. The viewer is forced to watch two movie promos before getting to the film, during which no FF or menu selection is allowed! I'm fine with the promos, but why force-feed the customer? Also, no option is provided for the original Chinese w/English subtitles and music score. (The dubbing is bearable though).

All in all, highly recommended for all fans of the genre. I'll give 5 stars if this DVD is ever given the proper treatment it deserves.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The BEST PURE ACTION KUNG-FU EVER... PERIOD!!
Review: Holy Cow, I never thought I'd see an older movie de-throne Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, but this movie does that in the first half hour.
If you like nothing more than PURE ACTION and KUNG FU KILLING
this is for sure the movie for you.
DO NOT PASS THIS UP, IT IS A MUST OWN FOR ANY FANTASY KUNG-FU FAN.
I OWN OVER 200+ dvds and have over twenty Jet LI dvds... THIS IS THE BEST ONE... PERIOD
MARK MY HONEST AND TRUTHFUL WORDS... YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.
This is also the first review I've ever written, during my three years on Amazon.
GET THIS MOVIE NOW!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Li + Yeun + Yeoh = Triplet Warriors
Review: Like great Kung Fu? This is it! If you prefer oringinal language with subtitles, then hunt down Tai Chi Master--but prepare to dig much deeper into your wallet. However, here is a nicely dubbed version with (as far as I can tell) all the action and most (if not all) the soundtrack is intact. If you're like me, most dubbed films (see any US release of Bruce Lee other than Enter the Dragon; or the English tracks on Once Upon A Time in China I-III), are unlistenable. And, most subtitles on Asian releases are laughable (albeit quite entertaining). So, if you are looking for a GREAT martial art film that your friends won't scoff at because they have to "read it", one filled with excellent directing, acting (even the extras are great), fighting and a fairly decent plot--get it, own it, and love it. The best of both worlds would be a DVD with an option for Cantonese / English with lots of extras, which would then rate 5 stars above.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Tai Chi
Review: This movie is kinda like historical and biographical, because it talks about how Tai Chi came up.

Jet Li is very good in this movie and Biao is very good also. Michelle Yeoh shouldve been swtiched with the Other grl.

Hk cinema is gettin more and more respect these dayz and i love itla

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: To Li, or not to Li?
Review: Twin Warriors (known in those select circles that I only hear rumors of as Tai Chi Master) is just plain neat. It is directed by Yuen Woo Ping and is among my personal favorites of all time (this is not just martial art movies... it just about beat Goodfellas for me.) Can it be assumed that if you are reading this that you have already scene at least one martial arts film? Whether it be Mortal Kombat, Bloodsport, or any of the other commercially successfull ones, can this be assumed? Movies about the dance known as butt-kicking inspire those who have normal lives such as myself because they allow me to have a fantciful life lived vicariously through whoever it is that is showing that they have almost super-human ability in the realm of artfully hurting someone in a very cinematic sort of way. Thus, since I have just explained what I consider the purpose of these movies is, it is my belief that this movie happens to fufil this desire more than completely. It has just about everything one could want in such a movie; it even has Jet Li being funny! This movies distinguishes itself by the fact that it is light even in plot. Not as in there isn't a plot, but in it doesn't take itself too seriously, a problem I have seen with many such films.
Overall,
Twin Warriors is good.
Kick as much butt as it should.
Jet Li is great.
Buy now, don't hesitate.

PS Please don't give me bad reviews due to my bad poem.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: IF YOU MUST HAVE ONE JET LI MOVIE, THIS IS THE ONE
Review: Though this movie is not the first Jet Li movie I saw as a kid, this is definitely most impressive. I may get tired of other Jet Li movies but definitely not this one. Why? Because it has the number of fight scenes enough but not too many like in the Huang Fei Hong series (Once Upon....China). It has has a very good storyline. I liked the original English translation of the name though--Tai-Chi Master--and not Twin Warriors. This talks about the person who invented Tai-Chi (though they changed the story from historical facts for movie thrills but the character's name is correct) and shows that all martial arts, no matter how powerful and how fast, is weak against a true Tai-Chi master.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A great movie with a few strings attached
Review: Tai ji Zhang San Feng, also known as Twin Warriors or Tai Chi Master, is a great kung fu movie. How could it not be with Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh? The film also served as my introduction to Chin Siu Ho, who is also very, very good. His kung fu is strong, and he also looks yummy in his warlord uniform.

I'm not certain, but I think one of the martial arts whiz kids at the beginning of the movie is Sze-Man Tsang from Iron Monkey. Unfortunately, I can't find much information on him to double-check. In any case, the kung fu skills of the children are absolutely amazing, and if the story is more than a bit hokey, the movements more than make up for it.

Tai ji Zhang San Feng is a pretty basic tale of good versus evil with lots of assisted stunts. You'll be able to tell which moves needed cables and ropes. The movie also has more than its fair share of preposterous gore scenes, which made my sister run out of the room, ostensibly to hurl. These scenes mostly happen whenever the ethically-retarded Chin Siu Ho gives in a bit more to the dark side. He does some bad, bad things, but looks darned good doing them.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Tai Chi Master
Review: This is actually a re-release of Tai Chi Master. If you can find the original DVD, it is cheaper. Some of Jet Li's most powerful martial arts on film ever. Definitely must have for any martial arts collection.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: AWESOME
Review: Two friends grow up together in a monestary. They eventually go their separate ways, one fighting for the safety of others, and the other fighting for a corrupt general. The fight scenes will wow viewers--and even though it is dubbed in English, the story still makes sense.


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