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Fearless (2006) 👊🏼🗡
BBFC rating: 15 | MPAA rating: R
Directed by: Ronny Yu
Starring: Jet Li, Sun Li, Nakamura Shido II, Dong Yong, Nathan Jones, Colin Chou and Matsato Harada
Huo Yuan Jia: “I believe that there's no superiority or inferiority in Wushu. Just the distinction of practitioners with different levels of ability. Through the competition we can discover this and meet the true self.”
Fearless, also known as Huo Yuanjia (霍元甲) is a Chinese martial arts film. It is loosely based on the life of Huo Yuanjia, a Chinese martial artist who challenged foreign fighters in highly publicized events, restoring pride and nationalism to China at a time when Western imperialism and Japanese manipulation were eroding the country in the final years of the Qing Dynasty before the birth of the Republic of China. (Wikipedia)
Fearless is such a solid martial arts film. I also have a lot of nostalgia for it as I watched it a lot growing up.
The word I think of when I think of Fearless is ‘kinetic’. Ronny Yu directs the hell out of this. The fight scenes are fast paced, and the editing of them is stellar. They’re amazingly choreographed and brutal to watch. The story still leaves room for heart, and there’s many touching moments throughout. The friendship between Jet Li’s character Huo Yuanji and his friend in particular is very charming, as is his relationship with his daughter.
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