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Summary: The most INSANE martial arts movie ever!
Review: This is by far the best martial arts movie I have ever seen in my whole life. Better than any of those Jackie Chan movies. If you are looking for an awesome martial arts experience, buy this NOW!
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Summary: THE martial arts movie!
Review: WOW, is the only word I can find to describe this martial arts master piece. I've yet to see the much talked about 'Tai Chi Master', but to date this is both the best Jet Li, and the best martial arts movie I've seen. Everything was there non-stop action, a love story, and even a PLOT! I've been a fan of both Jet Li and Woo-Ping, for a while now, and I can honestly say that if this is the kind of movie they make together, I can't wait for the next installment. Bring it on!
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Summary: Unbelievable!
Review: My brother brought this movie to my house and I watched it because there was nothing else to watch. I'm not much of a Martial Arts fan, although I have a lot of respect for Bruce Lee. I still cannot believe I'd get so hooked on martial arts most especially Jet Li's martial arts. This guy is awesome! He's not only good at what he does, he's very cute too. I highly recommend this movie. The dubbing could use a lot of improvement. I must have watched this movie about 20 times and each time is equally amazing. I've since then watched a lot of Jet Li movies, some are cheesy but I'm a big Jet Li fan now so I don't really care. Please watch this movie. It's one of Jet Li's greatest. "Jelina"
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Summary: Jet Li redeems himself
Review: Yes this is a tribute to Bruce Lee's movie, but soon people will overlook that and realize that Jet is the next Bruce Lee. The story in this movie was excellent, of course the fight scene are great, The picture quality in this movie is really not that great, but the voice overs are very believable.
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Summary: Jet Li shows why he's the Michael Jordan of martial arts!
Review: I own or have seen every Jet Li movie and this one is his absolute best. I laugh at people who say, "Oh, Jet Li? He was that awesome guy in Lethal Weapon 4, right?". Yes he was, but "Fists of Legend" should be the only movie of his to watch if you could only choose one. Great one-on-one fights and a good story is what you get. The only drawbacks may be the cheesy fight music and the DVD may only have the English-dubbed wersion and may not have the subtitled format. Regardless, this movie is a gem because it doesn't contain fighting scenes that make you say, "Yeah Right!", or "Wait a minute, rewind that. Did you see a string?". Jet Li's shows you his all-around moves and shows why he's the Michael Jordan of martial arts. Show this one off to all of your friends who only saw him in "Lethal Weapon 4".
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Summary: The man
Review: An absoulute masterpiece.....in my opinion, the best martial arts display of all time. Although the storyline misses the mark at times(because of loosely basing it on Chinese Connection),Jet Li's skills never do. I've studied tae-kwon-do, have idolized such martial art classics as Fists of Fury, Five Fingers of Death, and Five Deadly Venoms. No doubt, this is the best of the best. This is the fourth Jet Li movie I've seen (LETHAL WEAPON, ROMEO MUST DIE, BLACK MASK), so I'm looking forward to his entire library. I can't see how he could possibly top this effort, but Bruce will always be the standard when it comes to martial artists, but Jet Li takes it to another level. All hail the man......Jet Li! If you like "blackbelt theatre" this is one of the feature presentations!
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Summary: oh yeah, Jet Li is the man
Review: I watched this movie with my friend one night and I loved this movie, its the best kung-fu movie I have seen since Black Belt Jones that did not get boring after a while, like bruce lee's Chinese Connection (its a gret kung-fu movie but it got boring after a while). This movie has a very good plot and is action packed with karate kicks and chops. Very good tribute to Bruce Lee, i think? BUY THIS MOVIE NOW.
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Summary: the best period.
Review: The best. Jet Li will crush Bruce and Jackie. He knows more fighting styles than both of them combined!See it.
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Summary: Great picture...but average dubbing
Review: I'd rate this film as Jet Li's best with second going to Tai Chi Master, Fong Sai Yuk 1&2, and Bodyguard from Beijing. The transfer is really good which is to be expected. However, the dubbing isn't spectacular though I found it just above the horrid dubbing done to Fong Sai Yuk 1/2. There are some events that lost something in the translation such as when Jet enters his kwoon for the first time again and sees his sihing(older kung fu brother) being challenged. But still, for anyone viewing this for the first time, it's a great picture with alot of more down to earth, bone breaking martial arts than high flying wirework. Of course, people will compare this to its predecessor, Bruce Lee's Chinese Connection. I think both are great films, and they both stand on their own as their approach to the basic plot is different. I'd recommend this film highly...if you can get the HK version and don't mind reading subtitles(Let's face it, we don't really watch HK martial arts films for great dialogue) I'd recommend that a bit more than the dubbed US version.
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Summary: Good action, even better scripting.
Review: I'm going to go completely against popular opinion here: Fist of Legend's action sequences and choreography aren't extraordinary by Hong Kong standards, but in terms of story, dialogue (the version I saw was in the original Cantonese) character depth and pacing, Fist of Legend ranks among the best martial-arts movies ever made. The credit here goes to director/writer Gordon Chan, whose The Final Option is one of the finest of all Hong Kong action films, with its largely unknown cast, tight storytelling, wonderful characters, and heartfelt portrayal of Hong Kong's equivalent of SWAT, the SDU. Chan infuses much more of a sense of depth and subtlety into these legendary characters. Unlike the seething, semi-intelligent hotheads and Japanese stereotypes that populated the Bruce Lee vehicle The Chinese Connection (aka Fist of Fury), Fist of Legend takes time to explore the human motivations of even the villains, who here are quite well formed, with their own internal conflicts, and all of them charismatic and sympathetic in one way or another. Jet Li proves himself an extremely likeable screen persona and also capable of much more dramatic interaction than most actors in this genre. Now, the choreography? Though hailed left and right, Yuen Woo Ping's style is very much not to my taste, with too much emphasis on slow-mo (which tends to slow the fights down to a snail's pace), big poses, and long face-offs. This was why Li was so much more exciting to watch in Lethal Weapon 4, where Richard Donner's lack of pretenses allowed Li's athleticism, grace, and inhuman speed to shine through left and right through well-chosen, un-show-offy shots. In an interview I conducted with Chan he's said that Yuen would dictate some of his shot choices in these sequences and I believe that Yuen is the culprit for the shots that jar with the action, Chan having proven his flawless action-film sensibilities with The Final Option and its sequel, First Option. As they stand, the fight sequence s are still good, if only there were fewer dated, slow-mo shots that killed half the momentum. Just based on story and acting, Fist of Legend is essential viewing in modern martial arts. For a true taste of the best in martial-arts choreography, though, you have to see Jackie Chan in Drunken Master 2.
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