Well where do I start with this film? This is one of those inspirational films like Karate kid that makes you want to get off the sofa and take up kickboxing or other martial arts or learn the splits.
This film has a real basic but predictable story line - without ruining it too much you can guess the ending within the first ten minutes. The plot wait for it, if you don't want to see stop reading now; Is revenge- Vamme Dam's (Kurt Sloanne) brother is paralysed by an evil Thia kickboxer- Kurt vows revenge but doesn't have the necessary skills so learns from a master and of course there's the love interest too.. This is basically an easy watching adult version of Karate Kid.
Would recommend this especially as it's a classic in the true sense and so easy watching and somewhat inspirational and touching.
Production Year: 2002 - Martial Arts - Director: Yimou Zhang - Original Language: Mandarin - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Maggie Cheung, Ziyi Zhang
Production Year: 1972 - Martial Arts - Director: Bruce Lee - Original Language: English\Cantonese\Chinese - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Bruce Lee, Nora Miao, Chuck Norris, Robert Wall, Jon T. Benn
Production Year: 1994 - Martial Arts - Director: Wong Jing - Original Language: Cantonese - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Gary Daniels, Chingamy Yau, Jackie Chan, Joey Wong, Kumiko Goto, Richard Norton
Re-rated based on Ciao's insistence that such reviews are no longer considered "Off Topic"
Soho_Black 11.09.2008 14:17
I see you've posted this as a DVD review, but you've not mentioned the DVD features. Are there any extras? If so, what are they and are they any good? If you add to this, or if you change it to be posted as a "Film Only" review, which can be done by accessing "edit review" above the review and changing the drop down menu under the "Which format are you reviewing?" question at the bottom, please let me know and I'll re-rate.
just.bcoz 22.08.2008 02:55
Good start to your review although some more info and details about the film would make your review more useful. some things which would help improve your review and ratings you get are ~ A description of what you thought of the plot...was it any good, what it was like etc~~~ How well did the actors perform and how well did they portray theor characters?~~~~ were there any special effects......if so were they any good and believable?~~~~What was the soundtrack like? If you add more to your review at some point let me know and ill happily reread and rerate for you x
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