| This is easily director Ronny Yu's best film | | | | discovery at the peaceful idyllic village of |
| since THE BRIDE WITH WHITE HAIR. He's had | | | | women, who save and heal him from near death, |
| success here in the states with BRIDE OF | | | | as something just as important in his life if |
| CHUCKY and JASON VS. FREDDY but those type of | | | | not more as everything else that came before |
| popcorn flicks can in no way compare to the | | | | it. |
| scope and pathos of his latest film JET LI'S | | | | |
| FEARLESS, the true story of Chinese Martial | | | | At a running time of just at 103 minutes the |
| Arts Master Huo Yuanjia (Jet Li) who was the | | | | film felt too short. It left me wanting to |
| founder and spititual guru of the Jin Wu | | | | see 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-ping | | | | without too much excess. |
| returning to help Li with some of the most | | | | |
| amazing fight sequences since HERO, this film | | | | I must also commend Jet Li for a very |
| is anything but non-stop action (the two | | | | commanding 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 that | | | | of UNLEASHED are all lacking. I must admit |
| there is because the film is making it a | | | | that in his own language and style his |
| point, through Huo Yuanjia's spiritual | | | | Chinese films all endure better than his |
| journey, that fighting is not all that there | | | | American output and hopefully he'll be given |
| is in life. Yu crafts the scenes where | | | | better roles in the future. |
| Yuanjia is going through his inner self | | | | |