| This is easily director Ronny Yu's best | | | | where Yuanjia is going through his inner |
| film since THE BRIDE WITH WHITE HAIR. | | | | self discovery at the peaceful idyllic |
| He's had success here in the states with | | | | village of women, who save and heal him |
| BRIDE OF CHUCKY and JASON VS. FREDDY but | | | | from near death, as something just as |
| those type of popcorn flicks can in no | | | | important in his life if not more as |
| way compare to the scope and pathos of | | | | everything else that came before it. |
| his latest film JET LI'S FEARLESS, the | | | | At a running time of just at 103 minutes |
| true story of Chinese Martial Arts | | | | the film felt too short. It left me |
| Master Huo Yuanjia (Jet Li) who was the | | | | wanting to see more (which is not |
| founder and spititual guru of the Jin Wu | | | | common). Yu has never had a problem |
| Sports Federation. | | | | with pacing in his films and he's always |
| With action choreographer Yuen Woo-ping | | | | known when to get in and get out without |
| returning to help Li with some of the | | | | too much excess. |
| most amazing fight sequences since HERO, | | | | I must also commend Jet Li for a very |
| this film is anything but non-stop | | | | commanding performance. I'm not a Li |
| action (the two previously worked | | | | fan but then again most of his output |
| together on FIST OF LEGEND, BLACK MASK, | | | | that I've seen is his American films |
| and most recently on UNLEASHED). This | | | | which for the exception of UNLEASHED are |
| is not to say that fighting is all that | | | | all lacking. I must admit that in his |
| there is because the film is making it a | | | | own language and style his Chinese films |
| point, through Huo Yuanjia's spiritual | | | | all endure better than his American |
| journey, that fighting is not all that | | | | output and hopefully he'll be given |
| there is in life. Yu crafts the scenes | | | | better roles in the future. |