Jet Li's Fearless [Blu-ray] by Ronny Yu, starring Jet Li, Shidô Nakamura, Betty Sun, Yong Dong, Hee Ching Paw: DVDNear.com

Jet Li's Fearless [Blu-ray]

Jet Li's Fearless [Blu-ray]
by Ronny Yu

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Actor: Betty Sun, Hee Ching Paw, Jet Li, Shidô Nakamura, Yong Dong
Director: Ronny Yu
Brand: LI,JET
Producer: Jet Li
Producer: Ronny Yu
Producer: Buting Yang
Producer: Er-Dong Liu
Producer: Philip Lee
Writer: Chi-long To
Writer: Chris Chow
Blu-ray: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); French (Original Language); Mandarin Chinese (Original Language); English (Dubbed); French (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Color, Director's Cut, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.40:1
Running Time: 141 minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: 2008-12-09
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Universal Studios

Movie Reviews of Jet Li's Fearless [Blu-ray]

Movie Review: Best Jet Li film...possibly ever
Summary: 5 Stars

First, as is seen from the box, you get all three versions that were released. I never saw the film in the theater, but I had read that the one to watch was the director's cut. I actually rented the film, but it was SO good I just had to get it anyway (bought it used). A short video of how the film was made is the only extra on the disk though. Actually, I wanted to mention there is this cool quasi-screensaver that just has the "Universal" studio logo if you pause the film and walk away from your blu ray player for a while. I watched the "directors cut" first, then looked at the original theatrical release-it's amazing how much of the original film was gutted, so it's easy to understand why fans are angry about the original release.

Assuming you watch the director's cut, the time line and events flow nicely with Huo Yuan Jia, and this is not just a kung fu film. I really enjoyed the range of acting that Jet Li did-he clearly is positioning himself as something other than doing just pure action films for the future. Granted, he's in his mid-40's and is, like Jackie Chan, getting into the twilight years of what he is originally known for-kung fu. As Huo Yuan Jia, Jet Li did an excellent job of showing someone who was basically obsessed with fighting and to beat opponents at any cost, personal or otherwise. After he casts himself out of his village upon murdering his rival, he is basically reborn and learns that not always fighting is part of Wushu, which ultimately completes his training. He then returns to his village, starts the Wushu organization and fights various challengers from foreign countries in order to help get his Wushu organization off the ground.

I don't want to give away too many special items, but Yuen Woo Ping's "wire-fu" is obvious, but it looks good when used. Near the end of the film Huo Yuan Jia is fighting a legendary Japanese swordsman and they switch weapons (kind of by accident) and they both realize they need to switch their weapons back, without saying a word. This film has a great deal of intelligence that went into it. Jet Li became a Buddhist, and has indicated that this is his last Wushu film, but he did his Monkey King role in The Forbidden Kingdom, so he Jet Li is not completely quitting the kung fu scene.

If you are a Jet Li fan, this is as good as Fist Of Legend, but I personally think it's his best film in his entire career (up to this point).

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Summary of Jet Li's Fearless [Blu-ray]

Genre: Action/Adventure
Rating: UN
Release Date: 9-DEC-2008
Media Type: Blu-Ray

A moving and inspiring story of redemption and personal triumph in the face of great odds, Jet Li's Fearless is the based-on-facts story of Chinese folk hero Huo Yuanjia (Jet Li). The son of a martial-arts master whose greatest strength was his restraint, Huo grows into an unbeatable fighter whose pride and thoughtlessness lead to a chain of tragic losses. After a classic wanderer-in-the-wilderness penance, Huo reinvents himself as a mature instructor of Wushu, a martial arts system that embraces all forms of fighting without preference or pre-judgement. He also becomes a populist symbol, at the dawn of the 20th century, of China's refusal to entirely capitulate to the boot of Western colonialists. Taking on whatever European, American, or Japanese fighter the outsiders bring in to demoralize the natives, Huo becomes a legend that, in real life, is still revered. Thrillingly directed by Ronny Yu (Warriors of Virtue), Jet Li?s Fearless is a dazzling action movie that transcends its breathless fight sequences with Huo's sportsmanship virtues, i.e., knowing when you've won by example, rather than by the fist. Jet Li is superb in the role. --Tom Keogh

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