Advantages: Decent Action Sequences. Entertaining. Disadvantages: Badly Dubbed. Sub par Acting.
Jet Li stars in this Kung Fu Film as highly trained bodyguard John Chang sent to protect the girlfriend (Christy Chung) of a wealthy businessman after she becomes the sole remaining witness to murder. But that you can find out just by reading the back of the case.
First things first... the dubbing. To be honest it is just what you should expect from an early 1990's Chinese film. I.e. So bad it borders on hilarity. As with many martial arts films ... ...besides scream in terror as Jet Li saves the day.
This brings us onto the main part of any martial arts film. The action. While there isn't as much as you would perhaps wish the film more than makes up for it with the scale of it all. Over the course of 3 or 4 sequences Jet Li racks up an impressive body count whether it's out at the shopping mall or in the final showdown at the end. The final sequence by the way, is great. Intense fighting in a ...
Sim09 22.06.2006 (25.06.2006)
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