Tai Chi Master

Cantonese (subtitles)

Kung Fu

96 minutes

1993

4 Stars

I love the Kung Fu movies set in the 'bad old days'—no guns. This is an early movie of Jet Li, and the story is fairly predictable, two boys train together, become good friends, and then as adults, become enemies. Though predictable, it is a lot of fun, if you like this sort of thing—I do. The choreography is very well done, with lots of fight scenes. Great acting, good costumes, and fantastic choreography!

Tai Chi Master

The Tai Chi Master, Jacky Wu

The Tai Chi Master

Cantonese, English subtitles

2003, 128 minutes

5 Stars

This is not the Jet Li movie, this one stars Jacky Wu, and is great fun. Rainy Day thought it choppy, until she read that it was originally a TV series that was severely edited. The editors kept all (or at least most) of the kung fu scenes, which are some of the best Rainy Day has seen. The story wasn't all that hard to follow, even chopped. It certainly wasn't any more taxing than many of the US TV shows! If you like Dancing With the Stars, you will love the fight scene choreography, especially the ones in the 7-level Pagoda, where our Hero must fight a different fighter/style on each level-a Korean kick boxer, a Mongolian wrestler, a Japanese ninja, among others. If you can get past the disjointed story, you're in for a treat.