There are some spoilers down below. Just a bit of a heads up.
It has some pretty good fight sequences, and some emotional drama that managed to get to me. I was lucky enough to find a subtitled version online, so did it live up to what I expected? For the most part, yep! Right from the outset with the drama orientated opening, which was my cue to realize I was at least going to get a quality film. I'm a big fan of Jet Li's. I enjoyed his motives for revenge, and never say die attitude, but I felt they could have gone a lot further with it. My only complaints about this movie are this. It's that there are some rather unfunny slapstick sequences. Martial Art stars like Jet & Jackie Chan are infamous for these, and usually they are a hoot, but I didn't like them very much in this one. Maybe I'm being a stickler, but I don't find a dog "accidentally" being killed very funny. I also didn't appreciate the slaughtering of multitudes of sheep. It made me very uncomfortable, and turned me off for a little bit. It does have some decent training sequences and the fight sequences, despite presumably being filled with wires were above average. Jet Li shows off that charisma that he is well known for here. It's no surprise as to why he achieved stardom.
Final Thoughts: It was a pretty good film, and always interesting. I wouldn't say it was awesome, but it did provide me with entertainment for the most part, which is all I care about. Well worth watching if you manage to find it
7/10
It has some pretty good fight sequences, and some emotional drama that managed to get to me. I was lucky enough to find a subtitled version online, so did it live up to what I expected? For the most part, yep! Right from the outset with the drama orientated opening, which was my cue to realize I was at least going to get a quality film. I'm a big fan of Jet Li's. I enjoyed his motives for revenge, and never say die attitude, but I felt they could have gone a lot further with it. My only complaints about this movie are this. It's that there are some rather unfunny slapstick sequences. Martial Art stars like Jet & Jackie Chan are infamous for these, and usually they are a hoot, but I didn't like them very much in this one. Maybe I'm being a stickler, but I don't find a dog "accidentally" being killed very funny. I also didn't appreciate the slaughtering of multitudes of sheep. It made me very uncomfortable, and turned me off for a little bit. It does have some decent training sequences and the fight sequences, despite presumably being filled with wires were above average. Jet Li shows off that charisma that he is well known for here. It's no surprise as to why he achieved stardom.
Final Thoughts: It was a pretty good film, and always interesting. I wouldn't say it was awesome, but it did provide me with entertainment for the most part, which is all I care about. Well worth watching if you manage to find it
7/10