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