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Film Review: Jet Li's Fearless

This is easily director Ronny Yu's best filmdiscovery at the peaceful idyllic village of
since THE BRIDE WITH WHITE HAIR. He's hadwomen, who save and heal him from near death,
success here in the states with BRIDE OFas something just as important in his life if
CHUCKY and JASON VS. FREDDY but those type ofnot more as everything else that came before
popcorn flicks can in no way compare to theit.
scope and pathos of his latest film JET LI'S
FEARLESS, the true story of Chinese MartialAt a running time of just at 103 minutes the
Arts Master Huo Yuanjia (Jet Li) who was thefilm felt too short. It left me wanting to
founder and spititual guru of the Jin Wusee more (which is not common). Yu has never
Sports  Federation.had a problem with pacing in his films and
he's always known when to get in and get out
With action choreographer Yuen Woo-pingwithout  too  much  excess.
returning to help Li with some of the most
amazing fight sequences since HERO, this filmI must also commend Jet Li for a very
is anything but non-stop action (the twocommanding performance. I'm not a Li fan but
previously worked together on FIST OF LEGEND,then again most of his output that I've seen
BLACK MASK, and most recently on UNLEASHED).is his American films which for the exception
This is not to say that fighting is all thatof UNLEASHED are all lacking. I must admit
there is because the film is making it athat in his own language and style his
point, through Huo Yuanjia's spiritualChinese films all endure better than his
journey, that fighting is not all that thereAmerican output and hopefully he'll be given
is in life. Yu crafts the scenes wherebetter roles in the future.
Yuanjia is going through his inner self



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