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Information
- Year
- 2013
- Runtime
- 105 min.
- Director
- Keanu Reeves
- Genres
- Action, Drama
- Rating *
- 6.1
- Votes *
- 20,028
- Checks
- 1,005
- Favs
- 23
- Dislikes
- 36
- Favs/checks
- 2.3% (1:44)
- Favs/dislikes
- 1:2
Top comments
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dpanter
Interesting story, a relatable main lead with an internal struggle worthy of our attention. Tiger Hu Chen is great in the lead role, and obviously a brilliant martial artist.
Very well choreographed fights, for the most part. Fights do sometimes go overboard with bad wire work.
Best fight in the movie is hands down
The horrible editing is possibly the worst I've seen in years. The nice camera work and martial art choreography is sometimes taken well care of, yet so often degenerates into a crazy cutting contest.
After a few hundred 1-second long cuts, you start to get quite frustrated and annoyed. This is made absurd by the absolutely gorgeous credits shot which one long slow sweeping panorama of what I assume is Beijing.
The movie is unfortunately let down by a cramped ending. All things considered though, overall, the movie works and is quite enjoyable.
Recommended. 10 years 5 months ago -
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nowhereman136
The fighting was nice, flowed well with the story, never seemed over the top and quick. It was consistently entertaining and never overstayed their welcome as a scene. The story was nothing special but then again, not stupid. The real interesting thing about this movie were the two leads. Our hero was flawed enough and the villain was mysterious enough to never be able to predict their intentions or how far they will take it. By the end, the villain get's a little goofy and could've been sold by a better actor.
Overall a worthwhile action film, a good in between film that bridges the gap from american action drama to chinese kung fu flick.
7/10 10 years 7 months ago