Ben Meyers’ rating: 3.9|5.0
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of Tai Chi—high brutality, low realism—lacks realism in its fight
scenes despite the excellent pairing of Keanu Reeves with Tiger Hu Chen.
Unfortunately, the two actors’ full potential is not realized onscreen. It may
have been better to allow Keanu Reeves to act rather than act and direct. This
would have allowed a third critical, objective eye to see how to pull the good
potential in this movie to the forefront. Many of the fight scenes seem low
budget or poorly funded. In this type of movie, which relies on the fighting
action to drive the movie, misses its mark due to what appears to be a restrained
budgeting challenge.
Film Poster Courtesy of Wikipedia
Storyline
Tai
Chi, underworld fight clubs, and one man’s martial arts skills are examined in
this story.
Additional Thanks
Thank
you to Director Keanu Reeves for directing effort. Thank you to Producers Lemore
Syvan, Noah Weinzweig, and Daxing Zhang for making the film possible. Additional
characters/cast include: Chen Lin Hu (Tiger Hu Chen), Donaka Mark (Keanu
Reeves), Inspector Suen Jing Si (Karen Mok), Master Yang (Hai Yu), Ching Sha
(Qing Ye), Superintendent Wong (Simon Yam), Thin Man (Yasuyuki Hirata), and Gong
Au Young (Brian Siswojo).
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?Maybe.
The movie’s script is well-written, but there seems to be a disconnect between
the power of the script and the final onscreen production.
Video Critique Available Here:
Ben Meyers
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